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The Trochilus, or Charadrius Melanocephalus {vide 

 Woodcut, infra, p. 269.). The Goose, Emblem of Seb 226 



Not sacred. Type of a Child. Abounded in Egypt. Much 

 eaten. Duck. Duck-headed God. Pelican - - 227 



Story of HorapoUo respecting it. Fabulous Birds. 

 The Name of the Phoenix . . . . 228 



Reptiles. Tortoise, not sacred. Crocodile, sacred to 

 Savak ; not revered in every Part of Egypt. Quarrel of 

 the Ombites and Tentyrites. Solemn Hunts of it at Apolli- 

 nopolis. Honoured at Coptos, Ombos, and other Places 229 



Kept in the Lake Moeris. Mummies at Maabdeh. Dan- 

 gerous to walk near the River where they were sacred, 

 from their Numbers. Asclepius buried near Crocodil- 

 opolis (vide supra, p. 54.) - - - _ 230 



Crocodile of Arsinoe, called Suchus. Fed with the Hand. 

 Suchus Savak, Champses, Msah, Temsah - - 231 



Crocodiles, Alligator. Respected at Thebes. Of Use in 

 the Nile - - - - - - 232 



Story of Moeris. Its Number Sixty. M. de Pauw's judi- 

 cious Remark respecting the Worship of the Crocodile 233 



Mr. Salt's Reading of Coptos and Tentyris instead of 

 Ombos and Tentyris. Towns where the Crocodile was 

 execrated --___. 234; 



Skill of the Tentyrites in killing it. A modern Mode of 

 catching it. Seldom eaten. Musk in the Glands. Type 

 of Evil Being - - - - - - 235 



Fable of the Trochilus and Crocodile {vide p. 225., and 

 Vol. HI. p. 79, 80.). Its Size. No Tongue. Fancies 

 respecting it - - - - - - 236 



Its Sixty Eggs. The Number Sixty. Crocodile Mummies. 

 Lizards. The Asp. Emblem of Neph, and of Royalty 237 



Reason of its Worship. Tamed - - - - 238 



Thormuthis. Asp-formed Crowns ; and Asps attached to 

 the Royal Cap. Emblems also of Ranno. Asp with Hu- 

 man Head - - - - - - 239 



yElian's Tales of the Asp. His Sixteen Species. Dragon 

 ofMelite . - . - - 240 



Priests of Isis made the Silver Snakes move their Heads. 



