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354 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. to whom he had been compelled to offer the fatlings of his own farm-yard. Fk>. 279. —The soles of a pair of sandals. From Cliampollioa. Traces of this mocking spirit are to be found in other pro- ductions of Egyptian art. Thus the soles of those leathern or wooden sandals which have come down to our times often present Figs. 280, 28 1. — The god Bes. From the Louvre. Actual size. a group of two prisoners, the one a negro, and the other a native, perhaps, of Libya or Syria. There can be no mistake as to the