XIV. The Egyptians were the first, who had the ingenuity to express by outward signs the ideas passing in the mind. Under the form of animals they gave a body and a figure to sentiment. Their hieroglyphics, were wrought in stone, and are to be seen at this day, the most venerable monuments of human memory. The invention of letters is also claimed by the Egyptians.
14. Egiptoarrak izan ziren pentsakizunak irudikatzen lehenengoak, animalien figuren bitartez, (haien dokumentuak, giza historiako zaharrenak, harrian irarrita ageri dira), eta hizkien asmatzaileak eurak direla uste dute;