ceremonies.

* E. de Rouge thought that he had discovered, in a slightly
damaged inscription bearing upon the Puanit expedition, the
mention of a tribute paid by the Lotanu. There is nothing in
the passage cited but the mention of the usual annual dues
paid by the chiefs of Puanit and of the Ilim.

** This is at least what may be inferred from the account of
the campaign, where the Prince of Qodshu, a town of the
Amauru (Amorites), figures at the head of the coalition
formed against Thutmosis III.

*** This is the conclusion to be adopted from the beginning
of the inscription of Thutmosis III.: "Now, during the
duration of these same years, the country of the Lotanu was
in discord until other times succeeded them, when the people
who were in the town of Sharuhana, from the town of Yurza,
to the most distant regions of the earth, succeeded in
making a revolt against his Majesty."

**** The account of this campaign has been preserved to us
on a wall adjoining the granite sanctuary at Karnak.

The king left Gaza the following day, the 5th of Pakhons; he marched
but slowly at first, following the usual caravan route, and despatching
troops right and left to levy contributions on the cities of the
Plain--Migdol, Yapu (Jaffa), Lotanu, Ono--and those within reach on the
mountain spurs, or situated within the easily accessible wadys, such as
Sauka (Socho), Hadid, and Harilu. On the 16th day he had not proceeded
further than Yahmu, where he received information which caused him to
push quickly forward. The lord of Qodshu had formed an alliance with the
Syrian princes on the borders of Naharaim, and had extorted from them
promises of help; he had already gone so far as to summon contingents
from the Upper Orontes, the Litany, and the Upper Jordan, and was
concentrating them at Megiddo, where he proposed to stop the way of the
invading army. Thutmosis called together his principal officers, and
having imparted the news to them, took counsel with them as to a plan
of attack. Three alternative routes were open to him. The most direct
approached the enemy's position on the front, crossing Mount Carmel by
the saddle now known as the Umm el-Fahm; but the great drawback attached
to this route was its being so restricted that the troops would be
forced to advance in too thin a file; and the head of the column would
reach the plain and come in