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[ "Hefennu," as is shown by the ideograph to the right over the three perpendiculars denoting plurality, may be either a frog or a lakh (one hundred thousand).]
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[ The Egyptians divided gold into four qualities—1, 2, 3, and two-thirds. But it is not known whether No. 1 was the best, and we can only guess that two-thirds alluded to some alloy.]
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[ The same as the Shu'ayb of my pages.]
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[ For a notice of "Moses' Well," now quite forgotten by the Arabs, see Chapter VI.]
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[ For an account of these diggings, see "The Gold-Mines of Midian," Chap. IX.]