[2] The mode still pursued by the Egyptians is precisely the same as that practised by them and other eastern nations formerly, as described in Numbers xviii. 27; Deuteronomy xxv. 4; Isaiah xxviii. 27, 28; Ruth iii. v. 2-9. [3] Every city in Egypt has a _necropolis_, or burial-place, so situated as to be secure from injury by the inundations of the Nile. In Upper Egypt these “silent cities” are hollowed out of the mountain-sides. Transcriber’s Note: This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated below. Hyphenation of titles in the Table of Contents was adjusted to match that of the text in the book. Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the book. Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, upside down, partially or unprinted printed letters, were corrected. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added. Duplicate letters at line endings or page breaks were removed. Illustrated drop capitals letters at beginnings of paragraphs are indicated thus: [Illustration: J]une. Descriptors to illustrations without captions or that do not precede a chapter title are given in parentheses: [Illustration (sample)]. Lyrics to musical scores are presented as poetry after a notation [Music:] The following spelling corrections were made: be / he hitched along waiscoat / waistcoat pocket uproarous / uproarious fits of laughter walcome / welcome with the heartiest satisfaction Domosthenes / Demosthenes, like Pericles