1863.] 



181 



[Chase. 



SO strongly to a single primitive, as in the case of some of the other 

 letters. Analogues are found in the characters which represent 

 mountain, mouth, teeth, arm, and water. The alphabetic resemblances 

 between the various forms of M and Sh (lines 13 and 21), would 

 seem to point to '' water " as the earliest symbol of the two sounds. 



22. n. Tau, meaning doubtful. The idea of cutting or piercing, 

 appears to be conveyed by each of the Chinese forms. (See remarks 

 on line 4 above.) 



EXPLANATION OF THE HIEROGLYPHS ON PLATE I. 



(For Nos. 1 to ]8, see references above.) 



* The first form is Chinese, the second Egyptian. 



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