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The SoLPUGA Spider. Not represented. Its Enmity to 

 Scorpions. Insects. ScarabjEUS - - 255 



Emblem of the Sun ; of the World ; of Pthah ; and other 

 Deities. Signets of Soldiers. Numerous Scarabsei found. 

 By some supposed to have been used for Money - 256 



Improbable. Winged Scarabaei. Its meaning on the 

 Monuments. Embalmed. Greatly honoured at Mem- 

 phis and Heliopolis. Opinions respecting the Sacred 

 Scarabapus - - - - - - 257 



Not the Copris Isidis. Horapollo's Three Kinds of Beetle - 258 



Mode of figuring the Scarabseus. Many Kinds compre- 

 hended under One Denomination. The Scarabseus or 

 Ateuchus sacer, the Sacred Beetle of Egypt. Scarabaei 

 o^ fanciful Forms . _ . _ - 259 



Flies. The Ant. Few Insects represented. Some found 

 in Mummies - _ . . - 260 



Vegetabilia. Persea. Sycamore. Acanthus, or Aca- 

 cia at Tindium. Local Respect for it - - 261 



Its Flowers and Seed-pods. Not sacred. Tamarisk, a 

 holy Tree. Overshadowed the Tomb of Osiris. Repre- 

 sented at How and Philae _ - _ - 262 



The Agrostis perhaps intended to signify the Lotus. 

 Lotus, Emblem of Nofre-Atmoo. Garlick and 

 Onions. Onions eaten, except by the Priests. Palm 

 Branch ...--. 264- 



Ivy, the Plant of Osiris. The Periploca Secamone. The 

 Melilotus : its meaning (note *). Thirty-six Plants de- 

 dicated to the Thirty-six Genii ... 265 



Emblems. Numerous. The Staff of Purity - - 26P 



Given with the Tau. Gifts of the Gods to the King. 

 Flagellum and Crook of Osiris. Phcenix - - 267 



Form of the Flagellum. Sign of Poyalty. The Pshent. 

 The Eye of Osiris (?) of great Consequence - - 268 



The Frof/ a Type of Man in Embryo. With a Palm Branch, 

 A Pair of Forceps. The Lotus. Emblems too many to 

 be mentionoil »...._ 269 



