LETTER XVIII.

Tidings from Prince Remeses and the army--Antediluvian origin of the pyramids--The barbaric King of Ethiopia, Occhoris--His body-guard of Bellardines--His sacrilege in the temple of the sacred bull at Thebes--Pious vengeance of the people--Visit of Remeses to the tomb of his father--Remarkable conversation with Miriam, the papyrus-copier-- Description of Miriam--Ben Isaac and the lad Israel--Contempt of the Egyptians for Israel--Religious and political degradation of the Hebrews--Miriam declares the mystery of the God of her fathers--Her denunciation of idol-worship--Miriam's occupation--The winged asps--Interview with the Prince of Uz, Ra-Iub (Job)--Job speaks of the ALMIGHTY!--Seems inspired of God--Tradition of a Day's-man, or mediator--Job convinces Sesostris that there is but one God--pp. 294-313.