. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . THE FIRST THE EXPEDITIONS OF TEE LORDS OF ELEPHANTINE. 427 which a caravan of camels would now traverse in a few The roadsupon which they ventured were those which, owing to the necessity for thefrequent watering of the donkeys and the impossibility of carrying with themadequate supplies of water, were marked out at frequent intervals by wells andsprings, and were therefore necessarily of a tortuous and devious SMALL WADY, FIVE HOURS BEYOND ED-DOLEÎG, ON THE ROAD TO THE RED Their choice of objects for barter
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . THE FIRST THE EXPEDITIONS OF TEE LORDS OF ELEPHANTINE. 427 which a caravan of camels would now traverse in a few The roadsupon which they ventured were those which, owing to the necessity for thefrequent watering of the donkeys and the impossibility of carrying with themadequate supplies of water, were marked out at frequent intervals by wells andsprings, and were therefore necessarily of a tortuous and devious SMALL WADY, FIVE HOURS BEYOND ED-DOLEÎG, ON THE ROAD TO THE RED Their choice of objects for barter was determined by the smallness of theirbulk and weight in comparison with their value. The Egyptians on the one sidewere provided with stocks of beads, ornaments, coarse cutlery, strong perfumes,and rolls of white or coloured cloth, which, after the lapse of thirty-five centurie?,are objects still coveted by the peoples of The aborigines paid forthese articles of small value, in gold, either in dust or in bars, in ostrich feathers,lions and leopards skins, elephants tusks, cowrie shells, billets of ebony, incense,and gum Considerable value was attached to cynocephali and greenmonkeys, with which the kings or the nobles amused themselves, and which * The History of the Peasant, in the Berlin Papyri Nos. ii. and iv., affords us a good example ofthe use made of pack-asses ; the hero was on his way across the desert, from the Wady Natrun toHenasieh, with a quantity
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