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as St. Paul describes him as "King of Righteousness, priest of the most high 

 God." Nor do I agree with Professor Smith as to the animal names. Mr. 

 Smith gives a number of names, and says they are connected with Totem 

 worship, his argument being that those who used them were Totem worship- 

 pers. I can hardly think he is right in this. We know that Jacob gave 

 animal names to his sons on his death-bed Judah being designated a lion's 

 whelp ; Issachar a strong ass ; Dan a serpent ; Naphthali a hind ; and Ben- 

 jamin a wolf. This, however, has no connexion with Totem worship ; and 

 suppose, taking another view, the names common in our own country were 

 to form subjects of comment three or four thousand years hence, any one 

 adopting Professor Smith's argument would be inclined to say that such 

 names as Bull and Bullock, Cow, Hart, Eoe, Buck, Hind, Fox, Hare, Badger, 

 Lion, Wolf, Bird, Cock, Hen, Duck, Drake, and so forth, indicated that 

 those who bore them were Totem worshippers. I certainly cannot help 

 thinking that Mr. Smith is wholly wrong in his argument. 



Rev. J. W. AYRE. In the section of the paper referring to " Some other 

 Egyptian Names," I observe the word "Hagar" is referred to as an 

 Egyptian name. Now I have heard it suggested that as Hagar or Hadjar 

 is the Arabic word for " stone," it was translated by Pliny as " petra," 

 and the Romans, not 'understanding anything about Hagar, gave Arab el 

 Hadjar the name of " Arabia petrsea," so that the name Petrsea is really a 

 witness to Hagar. There is a similar instance in the case of the Red Sea, 

 or sea of Edom, where Edom, not being recognised as a proper name, was 

 translated " Red ;" and Esau, you may remember, was called Edom (" red") 

 because of the incident of the red pottage he received for his birthright. 

 There is also a somewhat similar instance in the case of the sea of Ashkenaz, 

 which by the transposition of a letter became ' ' Axeinos " (inhospitable), 

 the Greeks giving it afterwards another name, Euxine, which, if this genea- 

 logy of the word be correct, stands as witness for Ashkenaz, the grandson of 

 Japheth. I must leave it to the more learned to verify these suggested 

 derivations. 



Mr. TRELAWNEY SAUNDERS. I must apologise, and especially to the 

 ladies, for rising at so late a period of the evening. However, I intend to 

 pass rapidly over the notes which I have made during the meeting, and as 

 I have not come with any prepared discourse, I shall not detain you long. I 

 observe a comparison between " 'Aujeh " and " Og, King of Bashan." Now 

 " 'An j eh" means "crooked." I wish to know whether the analogy to be 

 drawn is that the King of Bashan was a crooked man, or hunchbacked ? It 

 may be added that the initial letter of both names is the guttural " ain," 

 making their pronunciation "Gaujeh" and " Gaug." la not the English 

 word " gouge " equivalent ? 



I now come to the word "am," or "um," as a name of God. This name 

 has exercised very considerable influence, and not only among the ancients. 

 On page 7 of the paper it is said that the form Amon is purely Egyptian. I 

 would here make the remark that the light acquired in recent years on these 



