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 Pig sacrificed to the Moon and Osiris. Mode of doing 



this. Clay Figures of Pigs found - - - 300 



The Proccsirion headed by a Flute -player. The Hydria, 



Loss of Osiris. Osiris found. Image of a Crescent. - 301 

 Another Festival of Osiris. A Cord thi'own into the As- 

 sembly. Thueris. Fete of Apis (vide p. 351.) - 302 

 Four golden Figures carried. Many Fetes in the Year. 



The Six principal Festivals. That of Diana at Bubastis. 



Mode of going down the River to that City, in Boats - 303 

 Great Concourse of People, 700,000. The 70,000 Pilgrims 



of Mekkeh. Fete of Isis - - - - 304 



Scourged themselves in Honour of Osiris. At Busiris. 



Another Festival of Isis at Harvest-time - - 305 



Votaries went as Mourners. Some Fetes ascribed to Isis 



and Osiris, which have belonged to other Deities. 



Errors of the Greeks . - . - 306 



Paamylia should be of Khcm, not Osiris - - 307 



Festival of Minerva aL Sais. Burning Lamps. Sacred 



Lake of Sais. Osiris - . - _ 308 



Scruples of Herodotus about mentioning Osiris. Probably 



initiated into the Lesser Mysteries. Lake of Sais still 



exists. Fete of Lamps in China _ . - 309 



Those who went to Ileliopolis and Buto. At Papremis the 



Fete of Mars. Fought with Sticks. A four-wheeled 



Car. Festival of Rharapsinitus ... 310 



Fete of Thoth. Most Fetes at the New or Full Moon. 



Festival in Honour of the Daughter of Mycerinus - 311 

 Improbable Story. The Cow, or rather Ox, probably 



referred to Osiris - - - - -312 



A Ceremony mentioned by Plutarch, probably the same. 



Shows it to have been an Ox, and no other than Apis - 313 

 Meaning of the Ceremony. The Princess not likely to be 



exposed in a wooden Cow - - - 314 



Small Tablets in the Tombs with the Bull Apis on them. 



Many Festivals of the Sun. Incense burnt for it - 315 



Music on these Occasions. Melancholy Style. Rites. 



Marriage and others unknown to us - - 316 



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