The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . AN inhabitant OF THE LAND OF J EXCHANGE OF PRESENTS WITH THE NATIVES OF PUANIT. 249 presents, consisting of five bracelets, two gold necklaces, a dagger with strapand sheath complete, a battle-axe, and eleven strings of glass beads. Theinhabitants, dazzled by the display of so many valuable objects, ran to meetthe new-comers, headed by their sheikh, and expressed a natural astonishmentat the sight of the strangers. How is it, they exclaimed, that you havereached this country hitherto unknown to men ? Have you come down by wayof
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . AN inhabitant OF THE LAND OF J EXCHANGE OF PRESENTS WITH THE NATIVES OF PUANIT. 249 presents, consisting of five bracelets, two gold necklaces, a dagger with strapand sheath complete, a battle-axe, and eleven strings of glass beads. Theinhabitants, dazzled by the display of so many valuable objects, ran to meetthe new-comers, headed by their sheikh, and expressed a natural astonishmentat the sight of the strangers. How is it, they exclaimed, that you havereached this country hitherto unknown to men ? Have you come down by wayof the sky, or have you sailed on the waters of the. A VU,LAGE ON THE BANK OF THE RlVEli, WITH LADDERS OF INCENSE. Tonutir Sea ? You have followed the path of the sun, for as for the king of theland of Egypt, it is not possible to elude him, and we live, yea, we ourselves, bythe breath which he gives us. ^ The name of their chief was Parihu, who wasdistinguished from his subjects by the boomerang which he carried, and alsoby his dagger and necklace of beads; his right leg, moreover, appears to havebeen covered with a kind of sheath composed of rings of some yellow metal,probably gold.^ He was accompanied by his wife Ati, riding on au ass, from wiiichshe alighted in order to gain a closer view of the strangers. She was endowedwith a type of beauty much admired by the people of Central Africa, being soinordinately fivt that the shape of her body was scarcely recognisable under therolls of flesh which hung down from it. Her daughter, who appeared to be stillyoung, gave promise of one day rivalling, if not exceeding, her mother in size.* Dr
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