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 EGYPTIAN  ETHNOGRAPHY, 
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 ^ I f A T O ^ W H I - S T / b ^ V   ANT)!,:T H E   M O N U M E N T S . 
 Philadelphia, December 16,  1842  and  
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 M a B m a B i i J i i E M i  her history confounds  chronology  
 8 B   us, were it not  for 
 I  bear witness for them- 
 S S B B f l B B B I   Characteristics  of  the  ancient 
 ,. m . b&Vpimonfby, tfe  learned, who variously  
 '  *  fcrJHITOto  tin j Jews, A r ^ ^ l p ^ N - p b j a n s ^ a n d ,  Negroes/«  Even  M  details of 
 IM B p a f f i ^ ^ b e q p  i n |  H  E l— W H — i t  of the 
 ' fifithe skin, and the texture  
 ■ ■ ■ I   ascended 
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 afeiiejfflctivelv to re-  
 been almost 
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 my views  and 
 I f f i f f l ™   W M i  research^,on my 
 Nubia,  as  far as the 
 Sg0& Cat^ Gl’ an cAfto. .^f  which one  
 B H f l B   ^   *™ 1&  Jast^eyenfeenwere,most 
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 S .u i ^ » t o a e fL t o  m v M y M gentleman 
 | H p S i T | B U B B f l I B B B 9 B B 1 1   availing myself  of  this  
 r, a m j ^ l e n ^ t e H t h e i r  national characters. 
 jears' in' Egypt,, and  his 
 varied ofiicial and other avocations,  together with his acquaintance with  the  people  and  
 their languages,  have given  him  unusual  facilities for  collecting the requisite materials;