NEW SYSTEM; OR, AN ANALYSIS OF ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY: WHEREIN AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO DIVEST TRADITION OF FABLE; BY JACOB BRYANT, ESQ. THE THIRD EDITION. IN SIX VOLUMES. WITH A PORTRAIT AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR; A VINDICATION OF THE APAMEAN MEDAL; A COMPLETE INDEX, AND FORTY-ONE PLATES, NEATLY ENGRAVED. VOL. VI. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. WALKER; W. J. AND J. RICHARDSON; J. MURRAY; AND J. HARRIS. 911-27-1923 OBSERVATIONS UPON THE ANTIENT HISTORY OF EGYPT; AND THE. NATIONS THAT WERE CONNECTED WITH IT: WHEREIN AN ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF THE SHEPHERD KINGS AND THE ISRAELITES: AND THE PLACE WHERE THEY BOTH RESIDED IS DETERMINED. The whole calculated to rectify in some degree the Chronology and Geography of that Kingdom: and to clear up the Difficulties. with which they have hitherto been attended. WE are informed in the Mosaic account of the sojournment of the Israelites in Egypt, that the place of their allotment was the land of Goshen. As Egypt was very spacious, and consisted of many large prefectures, as well as subordinate districts, it has employed the wit of many eminent writers to determine to which of these this particular land is to be ascribed. Some have thought that it was situated in the fields of Zoan. But where are the fields of Zoan? Others, at the entrance into the country, of which it was a portion. In short, it |