It is now called noreg.] "It is true," said Pentaur; "just lately I saw the old man singing out his litanies by a sick-bed, and all the time quietly counting the dates, of which they had given him a whole sack-full." "He will be unwilling to go to the paraschites, who is poor, and he would sooner seize the whole brood of scorpions yonder than take a piece of bread from the hand of the unclean.

Tell him to come and fetch me, and drink some wine.

There stands three days' allowance; in this hot weather it dims my sight.
"Does the paraschites live to the north or south of the Necropolis ?" "I think to the north.

Paaker, the king's pioneer, will show you the way." "He!" exclaimed the student, laughing.

"What day in the calendar is this, then?
[Calendars have been preserved, the completest is the papyrus Sallier IV., which has been admirably treated by F.Chabas.