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EGYPTIANS AND HIPPOPOTAIVIUS. 



ter, an attendant endeavors to throw a noose over its head 

 as he strikes it for the fourth time. Behind him is his son 

 holding a fresh spear in readiness ; and in order that there 1 

 should be no question about the ropes belonging to the blades, \ 

 the fourth is seen to extend from his hand to the shaft of the ' 



spear he is throwing. The upupa, heron, and other birds are 

 frightened from the rushes as the boat approaches ; and the 

 fish, with a young hippopotamus, seen at the bottom of the 

 water, are intended to show the communication of the fenny 

 lake with the Nile." 



" The spear they used on these occasions was evidently 

 of a different construction from that intended for ordinarv 



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