Ohfervations in Egypt. 595- 



the one, and of Spots in the Skin of the other, were fuppofcd 



to reprefent the Diverfity of Light and Shade in the Full Moon ; 



as the Contra6lion and Dilatation in the Pupil of the Cat's Eye, 



were looked upon to imitate the different Thafes themfelves 



of that Luminary. The Dog' and the Cynocephalns ' were'^^^^og? 



other Symbols; the Doe, as it was a vigilant Creature, kepf^'^^phaius 



Watch in the Night, and had been of great Afliftance to Her, 



in fearching out the Body of Ofiris ; the Cynocephalns, as the 



Females of this Species had their monthly Purgations , and 



the Males were remarkably affedled with Sorrow, andabltained 



from Food, when the Moon was in Conjunction with the Sun. 



Thefe were the principal Animals, which tho Egyptians ac-2j^°/J5v> 

 counted facred, and fubftituted in the Place of their Deities ;Sr ^'"' 

 not that they direClly iforpjipped them, as Tlutarch ' obferveth, 

 hut adored the Dimnity only, that was reprefented in them as 

 in a Glafs, or, as he exprelTeth it in another Place, jufi as we 

 fee the Refemhlance of the Sun in Drops of Water. But 

 Lucian * hath recorded fomething more extraordinary with 

 Regard to the Introduction of thefe Animals into their Theo- 

 logy. For he informs us, that in the Wars between the Gods 

 and the Giants, the former , for Safety, fled into Egypt, where 

 they a/fumed the Bodies of Beafls and Birds, which they ever 

 afterwards retained, and were accordingly worfjipped and 

 reverenced in them. 



Befides thefe Animals, there are others alfo which the Egyp-ne owL 

 tians received into their SacredWritings. Such, among the Birds, 

 was the Owl ', which generally flood for an evil Daemon : as the 



I NE?5yf yi-i ££•( 71 -wsre yw %aji dfuyfs, [mf Ji ri vsrsp tw yny y.eu ifctvif^f o Ji 7oi% \:m^ciuay kcu M^oui^yof 



vii>ni( n xcu ifii^di of/oi'&if. xai -rauTHv I'^nv cftitH waj' Af)vn^'toif tuv Jlvayuv AvuCis omv « E^ytTW 5rap' E^Ai^fl7, 

 p^w/w av ofxiZ Ktu l?,ufX7no(. Plut. de I^ld. & Of. p. 358. Avti£l{ Mydfiivos raf Staf f£^u^eiy, aj'yrio 01 x^vtf 

 TBf av3f«^3Kf. J(i. p. jj'l?. 2 Ex 7B?f r^pi)/? "Tf^joyTtti >wvo)tefaAo/, OOTaf If !oi7£(' ■j,/i'«(rx»7ju T« Wk JCtti <r5^Hi'«f 

 fMp®' Tits' avyh^n. Otov y) Iv tw lUsffi tyis afai « cnhivn auvoJiuxva >i\ia dtfav^Qr }iv>mtJi, nn piiy u(<niv 

 x.uyoKipa^.Q:', i (3AfirH, si/t i<SrH. cf^^irau Jiiis 7»/ ym yiymmt, z^^i'jif -jtv^Sv tw 7»f a-fKiiyni kfTrayw, H JV 

 3iSA«oe (ii\k tS f/.i^ opoti', Kol -mvla, t5 tt^ltvi TmayH)-, tv kcu Ik tIh IJioi ipistas al^damru. Horup. Hierogl. 

 ]. I. cap. 14. Si^iMvnf cfs dva.nKm •)^Ai(HY ^xhofnyoi Mvoniipahoy ^a}^ap^ai I^tu Koi Tcis yeifo; h< ^pcivlv 

 la-aipo/w /StfyiAHOK TE Sii TJif xtjaAHf i-)(oym, <st}i^'iV)(ojMyov tJ? ^ta, I'tthJ^ duji'on^f ^otos i^ttnihiipairi. Id. 

 cap. I J. Icrui^ifia; S'm rreiMy (nt/^euvotTif, KuyoxipaKov )ig.^><fiivoy ^a^aifiai ^aoy' ** 07J ly -mii (cx^eitwf, 

 fM>o( 7coy hXav ^aav Sr^J^yjMt rSf ^lAfOt Xfdu^a y^^' hi^xy afOP. Id. cap. I 6. 3 A^a^TOc oXy « touJtk 

 TZ^vTOf, e.}.\a, ^a. Tsiav to S'fiov, uf ivetfyi^fav WvTJl^ay mu ipJ7n yvy^ylTzty, as i^ycvov ii tevi/w an I'i 'jxyra, 

 Koo^oZv-nis Srii vc/j!i'{^hv >(^\eif. Pint, de Ifld. p. 382. hd'TnJbi. Ji KM }aM\ Kou yJ,vSra.efv^ (iiionti vruf 

 lajj'oh dfMU^Ai, uJTTi^h my'offlv «A|8, T»f 7av 5iav Jiivai/Ma< y^vS'ovlls. Id. p. 380. A. Tut ■jtja.VTuy Tiiv 

 im.yi^7it U Stoi pt&n^yTis-, »My h tw Aiyu-piov, as J^}v\M>Zif. hjiaituyu lis •otAs/JhJ'. eiS' (tJiv du-m •isr'tJh 



'7fsf)!!V, tft jy/Ol' ^SOD T» tft»f , Ji SweioVj « OpySOy. Jlo «At fJcrSTJ KCU vZv pi)f,ATiiS;iU TAS Tvn uofpds TtIS SioTf. 



Luc'iun dc Sacrir. p. y. y Tujav Ji fUTa'^tifMi.TT^ofMvos m yhaZKan^ctTih'iyifiiyos tTnyi. Hecat. apud 

 MaUhum. Cix'debant quod Noftua nuncia fit numinis Hcmphta, quas eft prima apud eos 

 divinicas, & annunciatrix omnium, qux eventura elTent hominibus. ^benepbhis item apud 

 Kw/;. Obel. Pamph. p.ji/. Gggggl ComtX 



