The above details are of course only supplementary to the usual guide-book information. But there is no real difficulty likely to be met with in roughing it thus; and in case of emergencies the station-masters or post-masters can be appealed to, as they all understand English or French. Many of them have been in Europe, and I may say that I have received much kindness and friendliness from these excellent officials, who are largely Coptic Christians. They are above the common greed for petty bakhshish; though of course kindness may be recognized by a book, photographs, or other presents, as to a European official. In most bargains for services, as with donkey-boys, camel-men, boats, guides, &c., it should be remembered that 5 to 10 per cent. extra is expected as bakhshish in a lump at the end, subject to good behaviour; and this gives an excellent hold on the people. ADDENDA TO BAEDECKER’S VOCABULARY Station, _mahatta_; ticket, _tezkereh_, _waraḳ_, _bilieto_; 1st class, _brimo_; 2nd class, _secondo_; (does) this go to Cairo? _deh raih al Masr?_ train, _ḳattr_; engine, _wabur_ or _babur_; carriage, _arabiyeh_; goods, _buda’a_; goods train, _ḳattr el buda’a_; baggage-receipt, _bolicy_ (pronounced _bolīse_); storage charge, _ardiyeh_. I (will) beat the telegraph (= I will telegraph), _ana adrob et telegraphia_; the wire, _es silk_. (The dots in the following words separate the elements, which are here translated literally.) Show·me the snake, _warri·ni el hanesh_. Not showed·I to·him the fowl, _ma warr·et l·u·sh el farkha_ (_sh_ like French _pas_, untranslated). Not·thou·leave·it, _ma·t·khalli·u·sh_. He opened·it, _Huweh fatah·u_. Thou camest from where? _Ente git min ayn_. From the desert (hill or plain), _min el gebel_. Thou goest where? _Ente raih fen_. Northwards, _bahri_. The engine it·leaves when? _el wabur ye·safir emta?_ at·the sunset, _fi·l maghreb_. Atest·thou five pounds in·the four·months, pound·and·quarter for the month, _kal·t khamast értal fi·l arbat·úsher, rotl·u·rub bi·sh shahr_ (accent strongly as marked). Two cubits length (pair cubits) for two piastres (dual), _gozet ídra bi ḳirshēn_. Finished, _khalás_. I am very tired (I bad·ed entirely), _ana batlan khálas_. Finished entirely, _Khalás khálas_. (It) was cold very in·the·morning before the sun(rise), _kan bard ḳowi fi·’s subh ḳabl esh shems_. The peasants (are) foolish like cattle, _el fellahin maganin zeyeh behaim_. A lucky day for you (literally, day·thy, milk) _neharak leben_. By life (of) the prophet, _wa hyat en nebi_. By life (of) father·thy, _wa hyat abu·k_. Bless me! (oh peace·my) _ya salam·i_ (really a title of the Deity). Village night guard, _ghafir_, pl. _ghofera_. INDEX (_Including a reference to each Illustration_.) Accuracy, meaning of, 14; of Khufu’s pyramid, 19; of Khafra’s pyramid, 22; of Usertesen’s coffin, 109. Aegean confederacy, 152; pottery, 121, 124, 132-3. Agricultural tools, 119. Alabaster cups, 120.