CHAPTER V.
_THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS._ I have treated briefly of the Noble Arts; it remains to say something of the Industrial Arts.

All classes of society in Egypt were, from an early period, imbued with the love of luxury, and with a taste for the beautiful.
Living or dead, the Egyptian desired to have jewels and costly amulets upon his person, and to be surrounded by choice furniture and elegant utensils.
The objects of his daily use must be distinguished, if not by richness of material, at least by grace of form; and in order to satisfy his requirements, the clay, the stone, the metals, the woods, and other products of distant lands were laid under contribution.
I .-- STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS.
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210 .-- The _Ta_, or girdle-buckle of Isis.] [Illustration: Fig.

211 .-- Frog amulet.] [Illustration: Fig.

212 .-- The _Uat_, or lotus-column amulet.] [Illustration: Fig.