Show antiquity of copell before the beginning of the historical period considerable skill in ili rope rono making had been acquired be that it must bo be classed among tile the oldest of the arts the existing relics of the ancient egyptians include sculptures showing 0 the process of manufacture practiced m more ore than years ago while the oldest records ds of that people represent well made ropes of great strength flax and the fibers of the date tree were employed for these ropes I 1 but grasses mid and the hides bides of animals were probably yio Iro bably among the first used |