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Excerpt from A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 2: Including Their Religion, Agriculture, &C In the previous portion of this work I was under the necessity of omitting certain subjects, which, though intimately connected with the manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, could not have been introduced without increasing it to a disproportionate size. But, in order to fulfil my original intention of giving a summary view of the most striking usages of that people, I have now put together those which were omitted in the previous volumes; and if there appears any want of connection in the agriculture and religion, it will be explained by the reason already stated. It may also occur to the reader, that I have repeated some remarks previously introduced; but this I have sometimes thought preferable to a too frequent reference to the preceding part of the work, especially when they were directly connected with the present subjects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.