But of course the literal translation must be there at hand to correct all wrong guesses.

I figure that in just one thousand years I can read hieroglyphics without a pony.

But meanwhile, I tour museums and I ride Pharaoh's "horse," and suggest to all photoplay enthusiasts they do the same.

I recommend these two books most heartily: Elementary Egyptian Grammar, by Margaret A.Murray, London, Bernard Quaritch, 11 Grafton Street, Bond Street, W., and the three volumes of the Book of the Dead, which are, indeed, the Papyrus of Ani, referred to in this chapter, pages 255-258.

It is edited, translated, and reproduced in fac-simile by the keeper of the Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum, Professor E.A.Wallis Budge; published by G.P.