Next to hunting =dancing= was perhaps the most favourite amusement of the Egyptians, and from Pyramid times the Egyptians delighted in watching men and women perform. The dances were accompanied sometimes by youths who played a =reed pipe= or =flute=, single or double, or twanged the strings of an instrument of the =harp=, 𓏢, or =lute= class. (See the fine examples in Table-case A in the Fourth Egyptian Room.) The kings of the Ancient Empire loved a dance called the “dance of the god” which was danced by the =Pygmies= in Central Africa; and two of them, Ȧssȧ and Pepi, caused a Pygmy to be brought from his remote country to Memphis to dance before them. =Dancing women= danced and sang to the accompaniment of the =tambourine=, which was also used, together with the =sistrum= 𓏣, =cymbals=, and =bells=, in musical services in the temples. The =drum=, both the large drum which was beaten with tabs of leather, and the small =hand drum=, was a very favourite instrument of music, and was largely used in festivities by every class. =Tumblers=, =acrobats=, and =buffoons= afforded amusement to the spectators, and the drawings found on the walls of some of the tombs at Beni Hasan (B.C. 2300) show that many of the tricks exhibited at the present day were performed at that time. The well-to-do Egyptian hired dancers, singers, gymnasts, and musicians, and entertained his guests, both during and after feasts, with their performances. The Egyptian loved to play =draughts= on earth, in Egyptian _sent_ 𓊃𓐰𓈖𓐰𓏏𓏠, and he earnestly hoped that he would do the same in heaven. (See Standard-case F in the Third Egyptian Room, where the scribe Ani and his wife are represented playing draughts in the Other World.) How the game was played is not known, but there must have been several kinds of games, for the =draughtboards= are not all arranged in the same way. (For examples of them see Standard-cases C and H in the Fourth Egyptian Room.) The top of the box which held the =draughtsmen= formed the board on which the game was played. The Egyptians played a number of games with =counters=, but the methods are unknown. Numbers of =dice= have been found in the tombs, but it is doubtful if the die was known among the Egyptians of the Early Empire. Many of their games were, no doubt, games of chance. The modern equivalent of the draughts and counters of the ancient Egyptians is dominoes. The poor man, it seems from the texts, sometimes betook himself to “the house for swilling beer” 𓋴𓅨𓐰𓂋𓇋𓈗𓏊𓎛𓈎𓐰𓏏𓏊𓉐𓐰𓏤, where he got drunk, and babbled about his affairs, and fell about and hurt himself, and was then cast out of the door by his fellow drinkers who said: “out with this swiller,” 𓁷𓐰𓂋𓇋𓅱𓈐𓅮𓄿𓏭𓋴𓅨𓐰𓂋𓇋𓈗𓏊𓐰𓂡𓏪. When his friends came to seek him and upbraid him, they found him lying on the ground as helpless as a child (Maxims of Khensu-ḥetep, XIII). During the dark, moonless nights, after long weary days spent in hauling