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Chap. XXXII. the first-fruits of his spoils to the goddess,^ and purify his dogs 

 and sportsmen,^ as regulated by the established rites of the 

 country. 



Some of the Celts have a custom of annually sacrificing to 



Chap. 

 XXXIII. 

 ^, ,.. ' Diana : ^ while others institute a treasury for the g-oddess," — 



Celtic ' "^ ^ . 



luinting rites. 



Iliad. L. IX. 

 533. 



Calliniacli. 

 in Diaii. 

 260. 



Ovid. Metam. 

 L. VIII. 277. 



Plant. All! 

 III. G. 13. 



Iliad. L. 

 26G. 



Kal yap Toiffi KaKhp XP^'^^^P"^"^ ''Aprefits Zpcre 

 X<»catitvri. 



It is supposed that the beautiful poetrjr of Callimaclius, in which the anger and 

 favour of the goddess are so feelingly described, (Hymn, in Dian.,) was imitated 

 from the Psalms of David, which the poet, peradventure, had seen at the court 

 of King Ptolemy. See the effects of her wrath, vs. 124. <rxeTA«ot oTs tvv-q x*"^*" 

 irT}V, K. T. A. ; with which are contrasted the good luck and haj)piness of those to 

 whom she is propitious, vs. 129. oiis Se k^v fv/xeiSfis re Kal 1\aos, k. t. \. The con- 

 clusion follows, of course, that no man in his right senses should think of slighting 

 the powerful dispenser of so much good and evil — htj ris urifi-fiffri T^jv^Aprefitv. 



The reader will find an amusing description of the worshipful Dian in the sulks at 

 the marked insult of ffineus, 



(solas sine Ihure relictas 

 Prsteritae cessasse ferunt LatuVdos aras) — 



in Lucian, irepi Qvaiouv : Kai fioi 5oKe7 upav avT^jv eV toJ ovpavai Tore fj.6vr\v, says the 

 infidel satirist, tuiv &\\cev Qioov iv Oiviws irciropevfifVicy, Bfiua iroiov(Tav, Ka\ cxfrAia- 

 ^ovaav o'las foprris a.Tro\ei(\)di\aiTa.i, 



8. 'AvaTiQivai airapxas twv aMa KOfXiVwv rrj 06^, Kal airoKaSaipuv, k, t. A. — as 

 amended by Schneider. " Ac ne degustahant quidem novas friiges, aut vina," says 

 Pliny (xviii. 2.) " antequam sacerdotes primitias libassent." And our venerable 

 courser would have his disciples observe with strictness the same religious ceremonies 

 of dedication, purification, &c. The ancients always purified themselves before 

 sacrificing — " Ego, nisi quid me vis, eo lavatum, ut sacrificem :" and Hector tells his 

 mother he is afraid to pour forth even a libation to Jupiter with unwashed hands, 



Xepcl S' avinroKTiv Ait Aei/Setc aWoira olvov 



9. The Toi/s Kvvas koI tovs KvvrjyfTas of our author answers to the " tota juven- 

 tus " of Gratius, hereafter cited ; and his &s p6ixos, to the " lustralis de more sacri " 

 of the Faliscian. 



1. M. Le Verrier de la Conterie derives the fete of the French Chasseurs called 

 La S. Hubert from this Celtic festival of Diana. As the latter supplanted wilh her 



