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Not a Native of Egypt. Island of Elephantine. Hiero- 

 glyphics of that Place - - - - 176 



Hippopotamus sacred to Mars. Formerly a Native of 

 Egypt. Papremis a City of the Delta - - 177 



Not honoured in the rest of Egypt. An Emblem of Typho. 

 Cakes with its Figure on them - - - 178 



Typhonian Figures with Head of Hippopotamus. Cerberus. 

 Type of Impudence - - - - - 179 



The Injury it does to Corn Fields. A Symbol of the Region 

 of Darkness. Amenti and Ement. Ereb and Erebus -180 



Hippopotamus Mummies. Pig. Sacrificed only to certain 

 Gods, and on particular Occasions. Not eaten. Type of 

 Uncleanness - - - - --181 



Predilection of the Greeks for the Pig. Homer's Pig 

 Feeders. Pig sacrificed at the Fete of Bacchus. Some 

 say only One Festival where it was sacrificed - 182 



Emblem of Evil Being. Souls of Wicked migrated into it. 

 Pigs kept for Agricultural Purposes. Wild Soar. Not 

 represented. Common in Parts of Egypt - - 183 



The Hyrax. The Horse not sacred, which is remarkable. 

 The Ass. Emblem of Typho - - - 184 



Ochus represented as an Ass. Its Colour thought to re- 

 semble Typho. Ass on Cakes in some Sacrifices - 185 



An Ass-headed Deity. In the East the Emblem of Per- 

 verseness, rather than Stupidity - - - 186 



No Mummies of the Pig, Hyrax, Horse, or Ass. Camel, 

 not eaten by the Jews - - - - 187 



The Giraffe, often represented. Oryx, its Head placed 

 at the Prow of the Boat of Pthah-Sokari-Osiris. Large 

 Herds of Oryx kept - - - - - 188 



Oryx not marked with a Seal before killed. The Capri- 

 cornus of the Zodiac. Opinions of its Character - 189 



Goat. In the Mendesian Nome highly respected - 190 



Ibex, or Wild Goat, not sacred. Sheep sacred, particularly 

 in the Thebaid. Sacrificed in some other Parts of Egypt, 

 as in the Provinces of Lycopolis, Mendes, and Nitriotis 191 



Festival of Jupiter at Thebes, and Sacrifice of a Ram. Sa- 

 cred Boats of Neph had the Head of a Ram. ' ( Vide the 



