"  Thus  I  learned  that  originally  the  ancient  Copt
and  a  large  section  of  the  Jewish  people  were  one
and  the  same  race,  with  slight  differences,  however,
which  the  Egyptian  sculptor  knew  how  to  carica-
ture. Of  the  modern  Copt  I  can  learn  but  little ;
our  British  and  American  travellers  are  so  intensely
occupied  in  describing  their  culinary  arrangements
for  crossing  the  Desert  of  Suez,  that  they  want  time
or  capability  to  say  a  word  about  the  descendants
of  those  who  built  the  Pyramids,  and  the  temple  of
Karnac ;  these  are  trifles  compared  to  the  culinary
matters ;  the  individual,  the  personnel.    Thus  what


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I  have  to  say  of  the  Coptic  and  Jewish  as  affiliated
races  must  be  brief.  With  their  history  I  must  not
touch^I  mean,  of  course,  their  historic  records ;  but
one  thing,  at  least,  is  certaia,  that,  according  to  their
own  showing,  they  left  Chaldeaa  small  family,  and
quitted  Egypt  a  considerable  people.  With  the
Egyptian,  then,  they  had  the  closest  relations  by
intermarriage  and  otherwise;  we  cannot  say  how —
for  all  is  mystery  here,  and  a  mystery  which  must
not  be  touched.  They  then  mingled  with  the
Phoenicians  extensively;  for  the  Jebusites  (who
were  the  Jebusites  ?)  remained  quietly  in  possession
of  their  city  and  property,  undisturbed  apparently.
Now,  the  city  of  Jehus  was  simply  Jerusalem;  and,
therefore,  the  very  capital  of  the  kingdom  was  in-
habited by  and  occupied  by  strangers  to  the  latest
period  of  the  Jewish  kingdom.
