{"product_id":"2940013321632","title":"The Cat Of Bubasters","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER I.                   PAGE\u003cbr\u003e The King of the Rebu            7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e The Siege of the City          26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e Captive                        45\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003e An Easy Servitude              64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003e In Lower Egypt                 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003e Fowling and Fishing           105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003e Hippopotamus and Crocodile    125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003e The Conspiracy in the Temple  147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003e A Startling Event             164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003e The Cat of Bubastes           185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003e Dangers Thicken               206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003e The Death of Ameres           224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003e The Search for Mysa           245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003e A Prince of Egypt             265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XV.\u003cbr\u003e Ameres is Revenged            284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XVI.\u003cbr\u003e Up the Nile                   308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XVII.\u003cbr\u003e Out of Egypt                  329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XVIII.\u003cbr\u003e The Desert Journey            349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XIX.\u003cbr\u003e Home at Last                  365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER XX.\u003cbr\u003e The King of the Rebu          384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CAT OF BUBASTES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE KING OF THE REBU.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sun was blazing down upon a city on the western shore of the\u003cbr\u003eCaspian. It was a primitive city, and yet its size and population\u003cbr\u003erendered it worthy of the term. It consisted of a vast aggregation of\u003cbr\u003ebuildings, which were for the most part mere huts. Among them rose,\u003cbr\u003ehowever, a few of more solid build and of higher pretensions. These\u003cbr\u003ewere the abodes of the chiefs and great men, the temples, and places\u003cbr\u003eof assembly. But although larger and more solidly built, these\u003cbr\u003ebuildings could lay no claim to architectural beauty of any kind, but\u003cbr\u003ewere little more than magnified huts, and even the king's palace was\u003cbr\u003ebut a collection of such buildings closely adjoining each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe town was surrounded by a lofty wall with battlements and\u003cbr\u003eloopholes, and a similar but higher wall girt in the dwellings of the\u003cbr\u003eking and of his principal captains. The streets were alive with the\u003cbr\u003ebusy multitude; and it was evident that although in the arts of peace\u003cbr\u003ethe nation had made but little progress, they had in every thing\u003cbr\u003eappertaining to war made great advances. Most of the men wore helmets\u003cbr\u003eclosely fitting to the head and surmounted by a spike. These were\u003cbr\u003efor the most part composed of hammered brass, although some of the\u003cbr\u003eheadpieces were made of tough hide studded with knobs of metal. All\u003cbr\u003ecarried round shields--those of the soldiers, of leather stiffened\u003cbr\u003ewith metal; those of the captains, of brass, worked with considerable\u003cbr\u003eelaboration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their belts all wore daggers, while at their backs were slung\u003cbr\u003equivers of iron; painted bows hung over one shoulder, and some had at\u003cbr\u003etheir waist a pouch of smooth flat stones and leather slings. Their\u003cbr\u003echief garment was a sort of kilt falling to the knee. Above the waist\u003cbr\u003esome wore only a thin vest of white linen, others a garment not unlike\u003cbr\u003ethe nightgown of modern times, but with short sleeves. The kilt was\u003cbr\u003eworn over this. Some had breastpieces of thick leather confined by\u003cbr\u003estraps behind; while in the case of the officers the leather was\u003cbr\u003ecovered with small pieces of metal, forming a cuirass.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073718796528,"sku":"2940013321632","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013321632_p0.jpg?v=1763579340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013321632","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}