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ird-nets of split reeds. Such were used in catching quails by the unfortunate outcasts on the edge of the desert forming the boundary between Egypt and Syria. This community, if it can be so called, was made up of robbers who were banished by Actisanes the Ethiopian, who was then on the throne of Egypt. Actisanes had a scruple on the subject of the death penalty, and adopted the practice of cutting off the noses of robbers and banishing them to a land where they had very hard work to obtain Actisanes had a scruple on the subject of the death penalty, and adopted the practice of cutting off the noses of robbers and banishing them to a land where they had very hard work to obtain a living, and could disturb nobody. c shows an ancient Egyptian netting-needle, found in Thebes, and now in Mr. Salt's collection. Their netting-needles were of wood, very like our own, split at each end, and between 10 and 11 inches in length. Others were of bronze, and the slightly elastic prongs would close except when the twine passed. Their nets were of flax twine. Pieces have come down to our day, and are preserved in the European museums. A netting-needle of wood, charged with