8.  CateherdM.  4-  Srnitekerdg.  fi.  TraderM.  6.  /s-
terpreter:  7.  Pitott.  In  this  catalogue  tbe  third  and
fourth  dasaes  an  plainly  oobdivisiODS  ot  tbe  third  ol
Diodorus,  wliDin  that  writer  bwlodes  mdtf  tfw  gtaa-
al  title  of  herdsmen.  Tbe  caste  of  oitrrpntiCB,  as  well
as  that  of  pilots,  must  have  comprised  a  very  small
nnmber  of  men,  since  tbe  Egyptians  had  little  inter-
coutse  with  foreigners,  and,  until  the  tnne  of  the  Greek
dynasty,  their'  navigation  was  rHnncipsUy  contiDed  lo
sailing  up  and  down  tbe  Nile.  The  pilots  were  pioba-
bly  a  tribe  of  the  same  class  with  the  arttficets  or  |t-
bonring  artisans  of  Diodorus.  'Ibe  traden'of  Herod-
otus must  be  tbe  same  class  who  are  called  agriciit-
torists  by  Diodoras.  Thus,  by  comparing  the  difio^
ent  accounts,  we  are  enabled  to  arrange  tbe  seveid
branches  of  the  j^yptian  community  into  the  follow-
ing classes.  1.  The  &i«rdo<tf/ order.  S.TbDJfi^
itSry.  8.  Tin  Herdsmen.  4.  The  Agrietdtund  tai
Coamereiat  clws.  fi.  lite  Artijietra,  or  laboorin;
artisans.  The  employments  of  all  these  classes  were
hereditary,  and  no  man  was  allowed  by  tbe  law  to  en-
zsge  in  any  occupation  different  from  that  in  which  he
nsd  been  educated  by  his  parents.  It  was  accounted
an  bonounble  distinction  to  belong  either  lo  tbe  sacer-
dotal or  the  military  class.  Tbe  other  orders  were
considered  greatly  inferior  in  dignity,  snd  do  Egvplian
could  mount  the  throne  who  was  not  descendra  from
the  priesthood  or  the  soldiery.  (P^rkJmd't  Aiulyiit
of  Egyptian  Mythology,  p.  373,  aeqq  )  After  death,
however,  no  grade  was  reprded,  and  every  good  toti
was  supposed  to  become  united  to  that  essence  fnMn
which  it  derived  its  origin.  ( tViUmson,  Jfcnun  m'
Customs,  &c.,  1,  S4S.)

18.  Egyptian  Priutkaei.
