Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Martin, William, 1801-1867 · London : Darton and Co · leaf 164
fore and anEgyptian attendant behind. The Jews have their beards, theEgyptians have not; and in the engraving following, we havetwo warriors, each leading two captives : the warriors have thebow-and-arrow—the bow being not a stick bent in a roundedform, but a piece of wood bent at a very wide… … Leaving beards for awhile, we may remark upon the lawprocesses of the Egyptians. In civil suits, the number ofjudges—or, rather, the jury—was thirty; and it is worthy ofnotice, that their president wore a breast-plate adorned withjewels, upon which the word Truth appeared strongly embla- 146 A FEW…
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