1. Toot commences on the 10th or 11th of Sept. 2. Bábeh ” ” 10th or 11th of Oct. 3. Hátoor ” ” 9th or 10th of Nov. 4. Kiyahk (vulg. Kiyák) ” ” 9th or 10th of Dec. 5. Toobeh ” ” 8th or 9th of Jan. 6. Amsheer ” ” 7th or 8th of Feb. 7. Barmahát ” ” 9th of March. 8. Barmoodeh ” ” 8th of April. 9. Beshens ” ” 8th of May. 10. Ba-ooneh ” ” 7th of June. 11. Ebeeb ” ” 7th of July. 12. Misra ” ” 6th of August. The Eiyám en-Nesee (Intercalary days), five or six days, complete the year. These months, it will be observed, are of thirty days each. Five intercalary days are added at the end of three successive years; and six at the end of the fourth year. The Coptic leap-year immediately precedes ours: therefore the Coptic year begins on the 11th of September only when it is the next after their leap-year; or when our next ensuing year is a leap-year; and, consequently, after the following February, the corresponding days of the Coptic and our months will be the same as in other years. The Copts begin their reckoning from the era of Diocletian, A.D. 284. In Egypt, and other Muslim countries, from sunset to sunset is reckoned as the civil day; the night being classed with the day which _follows_ it: thus the night _before_ Friday is called the night _of_ Friday. Sunset is twelve o’clock: an hour after sunset, one o’clock; two hours, two o’clock; and so on to twelve; after twelve o’clock in the morning, the hours are again named one, two, three, and so on.[341] The Egyptians wind up and (if necessary) set their watches at sunset; or rather, a few minutes after; generally when they hear the call to evening-prayer. Their watches, according to this system of reckoning from sunset, to be always quite correct, should be set every evening, as the days vary in length. The following Table shows the times of Muslim prayer,[342] with the apparent European time of sunset, in and near the latitude of Cairo, at the commencement of each zodiacal month:—