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368 AK^CIENT HISTORY OF<br />

<strong>linen</strong> only, dyed blue ^^^th indigo ; but those <strong>of</strong> better fortune<br />

have a black cloak over their <strong>linen</strong> shirt."<br />

<strong>The</strong> coarse <strong>linen</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Ancient Egyptians was called ^oiiruv.<br />

It was made <strong>of</strong> thick flax, <strong>and</strong> was used for towels {uovdipia, Ju-<br />

lius Pollux, vii. c. 16.), <strong>and</strong> for sails (^oiainoi'as, Lycophi'on, v.<br />

26.)*. ^

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