LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. COLOURED PLATES. The Arab Chain, from near Keneh To face page 102 The Pyramids, from old Cairo ,, 102 Karnak, bas-reliefs in the Granite Chambers „ 124 Seti I., bas-relief at Abydos „ 126 General view of Karnak „ 360 Perspective view of the Hypostyle Hall, Karnak „ 368 Thebes, the plain, with the Colossi of Memnon „ 376 FIG. PAGE 1. During the Inundation of the Nile 3 2. Hoeing 4 3. Ploughing 4 4. Harvest scene 5 5. The Bastinado 6 6. Statue from the Ancient Empire 10 7. The Sheikh-el-Beled 11 8. Hunting in the INLarshes 14 9. Shadouf 15 10. The White Crown 16 11. The Red Crown 16 12. The Pschent 16 13. Seti L in his War-Chariot 2t, 14. Rameses IL in adoration before Seti 25 15. Homage to Amenophis HI 26 16. Construction of a Temple at Thebes 27 17. Columns in the Hypostyle Hall, Karnak 28 18. 19. Scribes registering the yield of the harvest 29 20. Colossi of Amenophis IH 3° 21. Scribe registering merchandize 3^ 22. Boatmen 32 23. Cattle Drovers ZZ
