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Represented stealing Eggs. Bronzes. Thessalians respected 



the Stork ._-.__ 153 



Scarcely mentioned by Herodotus. Destroyed the Eggs of 



the Asp. Its Contest with the Serpent - - 154 



Cats said to destroy the Asp. Their Mode of attacking the 

 Scorpion. Arab Story of the Lacerta Monitor and 

 Asp - - - - - - - 155 



Pliny's Remedies for the Bites of Serpents. Hostility of 

 the Heracleopolites to the Labyrinth. Site of that Mo- 

 nument - - - - - -157 



Common and spotted Hy^na. The former common in 



Egypt - 158 



Its mode of Attack. Abyssinian Blacksmiths changed into 

 Hyaenas - - - - - - 159 



Spotted Hyaena. Its Habits. A Native of Ethiopia - 160 

 The Cat. Mourning for its Death. Respect for it - 161 

 Worshipped at Bubastis. Sacred to Pasht. Buried at 



Bubastis _..-_. 162 



Story of the Cats during a Fire - - - IG^ 



Now fed in Cairo. Prejudice in their Favour - - 165 



Embalmed Cats. Placed on the Sistrum - - 167 



Erroneously supposed to be emblematic of the Moon, 

 from being sacred to Bubastis. Fable of Gods assuming 

 the Forms of Animals - - - - - 168 



The Lion. Symbol of Hercules. Type of the Sun -169 

 Lioness and Cat, Emblems of Pasht. Sign Leo. Lion 

 with Emblems of Hermes - - - - 170 



Lion, Type of a King. Lion greatly worshipped in Ethiopia 171 

 Lions before the Gates of Temples. Water Spouts at 



Heliopolis -__-.. 172 



Head and Feet of Lion in Furniture. No Lion Mummies 

 yet discovered. Fed at Leontopolis. Cruelty of giving 

 them live Animals. Done even in modern Times - 173 

 Panther. Leopahd. Felis Chaus. Mouse. Rat. 



Jerboa - ' - • - - - 174 



Mummies of Rats and Mice. Rats abound in Egypt. 

 Porcupine - - - - - ^ - 175 



Hare, eaten. Meaning in Hieroglyphics. Elephant. 



