that is for silence; I
answer as the matter demandeth. Silence after an attack maketh the heart
of the enemy bold. The attack must be sudden like that of a crocodile.
The man who hesitateth is a coward, and a wretched creature is he who is
defeated on his own territory and turned into a slave. The Black
understandeth talk only. Speak to him and he falleth prostrate. He
fleeth before a pursuer, and he pursueth only him that fleeth. The
Blacks are not bold men; on the contrary, they are timid and weak, and
their hearts are cowed. My Majesty hath seen them, and [what I say] is
no lie.

[Footnote 1: = January-February.]

"I seized their women, I carried off their workers in the fields, I came
to their wells, I slew their bulls, I cut their corn and I burnt it.
This I swear by the life of my father. I speak the truth; there is no
doubt about the matter, and that which cometh forth from my mouth cannot
be gainsaid. Furthermore, every son of mine who shall keep intact this
boundary which My Majesty hath made, is indeed my son; he is the son who
protecteth his father, if he keep intact the boundary of him that begot
him. He who shall allow this boundary to be removed, and shall not fight
for it, is not my son, and he hath not been begotten by me. Moreover, My
Majesty hath caused to be made a statue of My Majesty on this my
boundary, not only with the desire that ye should prosper thereby, but
that ye should do battle for it."

CAMPAIGN OF THOTHMES II IN THE SUDAN

The following extract illustrates the inscriptions in which the king
describes an expedition into a hostile country which he has conducted
with success. It is taken from an inscription of Thothmes II, which is
cut in hieroglyphs on a rock by the side of the old road leading from
Elephantine to Philae, and is dated in the first year of the king's
reign. The opening lines enumerate the names and titles of the king, and
proclaim his sovereignty over the Haunebu, or the dwellers in the
northern Delta and on the sea coast, Upper and Lower Egypt, Nubia and
the Eastern Desert, including Sinai, Syria, the lands of the Fenkhu, and
the countries that lie to the south of the modern town of Khartum. The
next section states: "A messenger came in and saluted His Majesty and
said: The vile people of Kash (_i.e._ Cush, Northern Nubia) are in
revolt. The subjects of the Lord of the Two Lands (_i.e._ the King of
Egypt) have become hostile to him, and they have b