. Zigzag journeys in the Levant, with a Talmudist story-teller : a spring trip of the Zigzag club through Egypt and the Holy Land . othing hand-somer than an Egyptian kitten is to be seen in the animal kingdom. Do you wonder that they used to worship cats t asked Charlieof Charlie, as they saw a group of these beauties purring in the sun. Egypt must have been a paradise for old women and children,was the answer. At Karnak there was a temple that contained more than fivehundred cat-headed statues. They were made of black granite, andwere somewhat like the cat-headed statue in the Boston Museum
. Zigzag journeys in the Levant, with a Talmudist story-teller : a spring trip of the Zigzag club through Egypt and the Holy Land . othing hand-somer than an Egyptian kitten is to be seen in the animal kingdom. Do you wonder that they used to worship cats t asked Charlieof Charlie, as they saw a group of these beauties purring in the sun. Egypt must have been a paradise for old women and children,was the answer. At Karnak there was a temple that contained more than fivehundred cat-headed statues. They were made of black granite, andwere somewhat like the cat-headed statue in the Boston Museum ofFine Arts. A number of these grotesque figures can still be seennear an ancient tank. Charlie Noble and Charlie Leland went tolook at them by moonlight, under the guidance of Ali Bedair. It was awfjil! was the report of one Charlie; and the otherCharlie, using a Shakspearean double superlative, declared, It was 10 146 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE LEVANT. tlic most friglitfulcst sight that he ever saw, and inquired whatcatastrojihe could have left them in such a position. I thought that they had all started to come right at me, he. added. I saw them getting up, and their thrones or cat-stoolstipping over after them. It did seem so, sure. The artist has partly verified the statements of the two Charlies,and especially the last. SERPENT-CHARMING. Serpent-charming is a popular diversion in Egypt. One may seeserpent-charmers in the squares and gardens of Alexandria and Cairo,and even at the Arab villages at and near the ruins of Thebes. The serpent in Egypt was an emblem of life and immortality. It \was regarded as sacred. Its wisdom gave it a place among the rep-tiles that were gifted by the gods. Wisdom, disobedient, is cunning; . obedient, it is life. Moses may have had this thought in mind when j Ii
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