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or Egyptian.TRAVELS IN AlRÎCA..But the specimens wê have of it are as ancient as anythat have come clown to us of tl1eéther, and are, like every descrip..tion ofthis noble art, fully wdrthy of consideration in theirway. Butupou thesubject of the science in general, it is to be ohservied, thereseem to he three"* radical styles (Hogarth's not included) pure and distince;namely, the Egyptian, derived from the Troglodyte, distinguishedby its entablature, and ofwhich the Grecian orders,às they are pomponslycalled, are a derivation; tÎle pointed architêcture, the originalideas whereofare traceable into EastScythla~ andtlîéRJoÎtlan,iiniwhiellcements and the key.ston,ewe're estahfished and prevailed. The Arabieàrchitecture doesnotusurp the distinctives of any of these, although ininferior modes,În its details, it agtees with the Scythic,-a matterworthyof animadversion.The Arahian nation, although of the highest anti..quitY in point of descent, is, as a civil body, modern. But the Calipll5\vere monarchs ·of elegant taste; talents and capacitywerediffusedthroughout the people they ruled; and the'y Had the experieuC'e anelw'O'rksof aU therr ptedecessors among tnankind atlarge to selectfrbm:Thus they chose' the clusteredeoltll1ln of Bgypt" thé arch ofRome; butreserved their ancient propensity tb the construction of high towers, thetops ofwhich should reach tOlvards heaven ; for they éver were inhabi...tants of plains, and de\'otees of Sahaism, the planetary worship.The shepherd's hut of inclined poles tied at their tops 'and coveredwith skins, nearly the wigwam of America, Îsas capable of sUPpJyillgoriginal ideas deducible to any extent, as the cave nt the cataractsofthe Nile. The ideas upon the subject have ramifledfrom botfi. ':Pheword now applied to convey that of the monatch's paJace,t)riginally signifiedthe shepherd's shed. rrhese western Arabs ,did nbt adopt thépointed style; in faet it had not reached the West in thé days of their; ioThê Cyclopean toohas a.wen~foundedetainl to J;iginality.