Henty George Alfred. The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE REBU
CHAPTER II. THE SIEGE OF THE CITY
CHAPTER III. CAPTIVE
CHAPTER IV. AN EASY SERVITUDE
CHAPTER V. IN LOWER EGYPT
CHAPTER VI. FOWLING AND FISHING
CHAPTER VII. HIPPOPOTAMUS AND CROCODILE
CHAPTER VIII. THE CONSPIRACY IN THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER IX. A STARTLING EVENT
CHAPTER X. THE CAT OF BUBASTES
CHAPTER XI. DANGERS THICKEN
CHAPTER XII. THE DEATH OF AMERES
CHAPTER XIII. THE SEARCH FOR MYSA
CHAPTER XIV. A PRINCE OF EGYPT
CHAPTER XV. AMERES IS REVENGED
CHAPTER XVI. UP THE NILE
CHAPTER XVII. OUT OF EGYPT
CHAPTER XVIII. THE DESERT JOURNEY
CHAPTER XIX. HOME AT LAST
CHAPTER XX. THE KING OF THE REBU
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The sun was blazing down upon a city on the western shore of the Caspian. It was a primitive city, and yet its size and population rendered it worthy of the term. It consisted of a vast aggregation of buildings, which were for the most part mere huts. Among them rose, however, a few of more solid build and of higher pretensions. These were the abodes of the chiefs and great men, the temples, and places of assembly. But although larger and more solidly built, these buildings could lay no claim to architectural beauty of any kind, but were little more than magnified huts, and even the king’s palace was but a collection of such buildings closely adjoining each other.
In their belts all wore daggers, while at their backs were slung quivers of iron; painted bows hung over one shoulder, and some had at their waist a pouch of smooth flat stones and leather slings. Their chief garment was a sort of kilt falling to the knee. Above the waist some wore only a thin vest of white linen, others a garment not unlike the nightgown of modern times, but with short sleeves. The kilt was worn over this. Some had breastpieces of thick leather confined by straps behind; while in the case of the officers the leather was covered with small pieces of metal, forming a cuirass.
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“It may be that, my son; but so far as I can see the gods give victory to the bravest and most numerous armies.”
“That is to say, they do not interfere at all, father.”
