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 Sculpture under the Ancient Empire. 2 19 marshes, the flamingo, the ibis, duck, stork, crane, and goose, the dog and the cat, the goat and the pig. Everywhere we find the same aptitude for summarizing the distinctive characteristics of visi^ri'y -'Cn. i^s'i^ < - si =•-■ Fig. 203. —Sepulchral bas-reliif, Boulak. a species. This accuracy of observation has been recognized by every connoisseur who has treated the subject. '' In the Boulak Museum,' says M. Gabriel Charmes, "' there is a row Fig. 204. — Ba^-relief froji the Tomb of Ra-ka-pou, Boulak. of Nile geese painted with such precision, that I have seen a naturalist stand amazed at their truth to nature and the fidelity with which they reproduce the features of the race. Their