The  accotmt  which  haa  reached  ua  of  the  building  of
the  labyrinth,  tbrowa  great  light  upon  tbe  stale  of  iha
government  of  Egypt  during  the  reign  of  Mendeif  and
his  successors,  ft  was  divided  into  as  many  separata
compartments  as  there  were  ntmea  in  Egypt,  and  in
them,  at  fixed  periods,  assembled  deputationa,  from
each  of  tbeae  districts,  to  decide  upon  uie  roost  impol^
tant  questions.  Hence  we  may  infer,  that,  in  the  eban^
of  djmasty,  the  Egyptiani  had  aoeceeded  in  the  estate
lishment  of  a  limited  monarehy,  controlled  like  the  coo-
stitutional  governments  of  Earope,  if  not  by  the  im-
mediate representatives  of  the  people,  at  least  by  the
expression  of  the  opinion  of  the  notabUs.  Th9  mine
of  Bubastis,  in  turn,  pteeent  memoriala  of  the  reigna
ofthe  Bahaalitakuva.   iBKBeHm  ie*  Sdaiett  Hm.,

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