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sign of plurality, three kernels, signified ideologically, as he ima- 

 gined," metal"; and so he discovered many new metals, followed 

 by the said kernels, whilst they only signify otot, plurality. 



2. Of Ch's phonetic hieroglyphs 88 were erroneous, as we 

 have seen p. 2S4, and yet B., by means of these blunders, deter- 

 mined the signification of numerous groups, of course likewise 

 erroneously. 



3. Ch. maintained that all phonetic hieroglyphs express the 

 initial, either vowel or consonant, with which the name of the 

 figure commenced. B., on the contrary, determines the pronun- 

 ciation of the hieroglyphs according to his fancy. 



4. He also ascribes to several hieroglyphs, the pronunciation 

 of which was already fixed by Ch., totally different sounds, as 

 the following examples show. The pickaxe in = 6, the cofl'er 

 s = a, the sceptre, k = uas, the girdle 7^ = 5, the well-bucket 

 s = /;/, the mast / = ?i, the scarabttus i = c/i, the feather m = s, 

 the hair y = /m, and so on. 



5. It has been abundantly demonstrated that regularly each 

 hieroglyph expresses syllabically the consonants contained in the 

 name of the figure, which is the very simple key to the Egyptian 

 literature. B., on the contrary, having forgotten this rule, deter- 

 mines the values of the figures according to the words which he 

 conjured out. 



6. Everyone taking this big Dictionary into his hands will 

 certainly presume the same to be based on entire Egyptian texts 

 grammatically explained. Qiiod non ! Brugsch and all other 

 Champollionists have never interpreted any hieroglyphic texts 

 completely and logically ; he has arbitrarily selected 10,000 hie- 

 roglyphic groups, which, being severed from the context of the 

 Todtenbuch and many other monuments, admit a variety of trans- 

 lations. Thus the Hebrew letters dr represent sixteen different 

 notions or conceptions if severed from the context. 



7. In order to bring out of his 10,000 hieroglyphic groups their 

 respective meanings B. recurred to Ch's ideologic determinatives 

 so as to judge to what class of objects the preceding group be- 

 longed. E.g., the group /ini followed by an amphora signifies 

 "Lagerbier" (sic) ; and another Chst., Prof. Ebers, discovered 

 that a gallon of "Lagerbier" was the dosis for a sick man. The 

 letters z'd terminated by an elephant signify " unguis," and so on. 



