A second series of the Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, including their religion, agriculture, &cDerived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authors . or balanites 5[, have been found in the * Rhamnus Nabeca, Cordia Myxa, Linn. j Ceratonia Siliqua, Linn. Pliny calls it Ceraunia siliqua, and saysit did not grow in Egypt, xiii. 8. § Ricinus coramunis, Linn, the castorbcrry tree. II Mimosa or Acacia Niloticu. If Balanites ^Egyptiaca, supposed to be the Pcrsea. Vide p. 61. 78 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP.
A second series of the Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, including their religion, agriculture, &cDerived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authors . or balanites 5[, have been found in the * Rhamnus Nabeca, Cordia Myxa, Linn. j Ceratonia Siliqua, Linn. Pliny calls it Ceraunia siliqua, and saysit did not grow in Egypt, xiii. 8. § Ricinus coramunis, Linn, the castorbcrry tree. II Mimosa or Acacia Niloticu. If Balanites ^Egyptiaca, supposed to be the Pcrsea. Vide p. 61. 78 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XI. tombs of Thebes. * Many seeds and fruits alsooccur there ; as the Areca, Tamarind, Myroba-lanus, and others, which are the produce eitherof India or the interior of Africa; but these arenot readily confounded with the actual produc-tions of Egypt. They are, however, highly in-teresting, as they show the constant intercoursemaintained with those distant countries. The sculptures represent various trees and flowers,some of which may be recognised, while others areless clearly defined, and of these I submit the fol-lowing to the expert botanist, who may feel disposedto suggest their names, or the family to which Plants from the 1. to 6. inclusive, from the tomb of Remescs III. From T/iebes. Little attention is now paid by the inhabitantsof Egypt to the cultivation of plants, beyond thoseused for the purpose of food, or to the growth oftrees, excepting the palm, large groves of whichare met with in every part of the country ; and in- * It is said that the lime and Seville orange have been found, whichis sinijular, as they are supposed to have been first introduced fromIndia by the Arabs. CHAP. XI. MODERN TREES AND PLANTS. 79 deed, if the statement of Strabo* be true, that, * inall (Lower) Egypt the palm was sterile, or bore anuneatable fruit, though of excellent quality in theThebaid, this tree is now cultivated with more suc-cess in Lower Egypt th
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