A Thousand Miles Up the Nile

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are always conspicuous on the walls. The judgment-scene, and the well-known typical picture of the four races of mankind, are continually reproduced. Some tombs, 35 however, vary both in plan and decoration. That of

Now every Egyptian tomb of importance has its outer chamber or votive oratory, the walls of which are covered with paintings descriptive, in some instances, of the occupations ofconsecrated the wine and wafer; elevated the host; and himself partook of the Eucharist in both elements. A little bell was rung during the consecration and again at the elevation. The people, meanwhile, stood very reverently, with their heads bent; but no one knelt during any part of the service. After this, the officiating priest washed his hands in a brass basin; and the deacon — who was also the schoolmaster — came round the church holding up his scarf, which was heaped full of little cakes of unleavened bread. These he distributed to all present. An acolyte followed with a plate, and collected the offerings of the congregation.

Striking off by and by towards the left, we make for a point where the mountains recede and run low, and a wedge-like "spit" of sandy desert encroaches upon the plain. On the verge of this spit stands a clump of sycamores and palms. A row of old yellow columns supporting a sculptured architrave gleams through the boughs; a little village nestles close by; and on the desert slope beyond, in the midst of a desolate Arab burial-ground, we see a tiny mosque with one small cupola dazzling white in the sunshine. This is Gournah. There is a spring here, and some girls are drawing water from the well near the Temple. Our donkeys slake their thirst from the cattle-trough — a broken sarcophagus that may once have held the mummy of a king. A creaking sakkieh is at work yonder, turned by a couple of red cows with mild Hathor-like faces. armé d'un dard avec lequel il transperce les ennemis d'Osiris, est appelé Horus le Justicier." — Dict. Arch. P. P IERRET, article Con una gran sensibilidad, un sentido del humor muy victoriano, una mirada crítica, un ojo exhaustivo, un gran talento para el dibujo y una admiración sin límites Amelia nos va a ir describiendo su viaje por el Nilo en cuanto a los monumentos que visita, las ciudades, la tripulación que les acompaña y las gentes y costumbres de cada lugar que visitan.accidentally discovered under the mounds of Tel-el-Yahoodeh, 23 about twelve miles to the N.E. of Cairo. The old man who drives them sits in the middle of the cog-wheel, and goes slowly round as if he was being roasted.