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Egypt, only they have feathered wings like arrows. Tlieic 

 is alfo diftinguifhed among the reft, the figure of a man on 

 horfeback, with a lion fighting furioufly by him, and Dio- 

 dorus * fays, Ofimandyas was fo reprefented at Thebes. This 

 whole compofition merits great attention.. 



I have faid, that Luxor is Diofpolis, and fliould think, that/ 

 that place, and Carnac together, made thejovis Civitas Magna 

 of Ptolemy, though there is g' difference of the latitude by 

 my obfervation compared with his. But as mine was made 

 on the fouth of Luxor, if his was made on the north of Cai- 

 nac, the difference will be greatly diminifhecL 



The 17th we took leave of our friendly Shekh of Luxor,, 

 and failed with a very fair wind, and in great fpirits. The 

 liberality of the Shekh of Luxor had extended as far as even 

 to my Rais, whom he engaged to land me here upon my 

 return. — I had procured him confiderable eafein fome com- 

 plaints he had ; and he faw our departure with as much 

 regret as in other places they commonly did our arrival. 



On the eaftern more are Hambde, Mafchergarona, Tor, 

 Senimi, and Gibeg. Mr Norden feems to have very much 

 confufed the places in this neighbourhood, as he puts Er- 

 ment oppolitc to Carnac, and Thebes farther fouth than 

 Erment, and on the eaft fide of the Nile, whilft he places 

 Luxor farther fouth than Erment. But Erment is fourteen 

 miles farther fouth than Thebes, and Luxor about a quar- 

 ter 



* Diod.Sic. Bib. lib. 1. p. 45. § c 



