Egyptian Art

The Eygptians were conversant with the art of landscape gardening, though they had to contend with the flatness of the land. Water, however, as an adjunot was often called into play, for there was the inexhaustible Nile. We have three plans of their gardens, aa the one fonnd in the tomb of Meryieat Teil el Amaron, which gives ns the perfect idea of how a grand garden was laid out. We have, too, pictures of Egyptians reolining on chairs and fishing in these artifioial lakes. At Karnak there was one snch lake, but whether it was used for the convenience of the priests or served for certaiu religious purposes we do not kuow. There is a good chance that whatever maybe the secreta of this Karnak lake will shortly be disclosed. Mr. de Morgan, the most indefatigable and at the sarue time the most practical of Bgyptologists, proposes pumping out the sacred lake of Karac, and at the latest date was at Assuan making his preparations.