CONTENTS. XI 



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 Embalmed. Sacred to Buto. Gods of Egypt ; Abstract 

 Ideas - - - - - - - 134 



Buried at Butos. Athribis in Lowv^r Egypt. Another 

 Athribis of the Thebaid - - - - 135 



Bear unknown in Egypt. Mentioned by Prosper Alpini. 



Soul of Typho into the Bear. Weasel - - 136 



Otter not in Egypt. Its Name evvcpig vague. May refer 

 to the Ichneumon - - - . - 137 



This is proved from Ammianus. The Dog. Cynopolis 

 and Oxyrhinchus. Plutarch's Opinion of greater Honour 

 paid to the Dog before the Time of Cambyses - - 138 



Doubtful. Not in the same Repute throughout Egypt. 

 Story of the Dog and Apis perhaps borrowed from 

 Mithras - - - - - 139 



Mourning for a Dog at its Death. Buried any where - 140 



Two Dogs the Two Hemispheres. Meaning of the Dog in 

 Hieroglyphics. Dog Mummies at El Hareib. Different 

 Breeds of Dogs (vide vol. iii. p. 32.). Very fleet. In 

 drinking at the River fearful of the Crocodiles - 141 



Error of Anubis with a Dog's Head. The Jackal. This 

 and the Dog probably included under one general Deno- 

 mination - - - - - - 142 



A Dog in Sculpture rare, except as a Domestic Animal. 

 Utility of the Dog gave it a Place among the Sacred Ani- 

 mals - - - - - --143 



Prejudice of the Moslems against the Dog - - 144 



Wolf. Mummies of Wolves at Lycopolis. Small in Egypt. 

 Habits peculiar - - - - - 145 



Sonnini's Error. Two Wolves leading the Priest to the 

 Temple of Ceres ... - - 146 



Fable of the Wolf and Osiris. Related to some of the 

 Rites of Isis - - - - - - 147 



Worship of the Wolf confined to certain Parts of Egypt. 

 Fox AND Jackal. Jackal, Emblem of Anubis - 148 



A Jackal-headed Deity of Amenti. Macedo. Foxes and 

 Jackals abound in Egypt. Ichneumon - - 149 



Revered at Heracleopolis. Its Hostility to the Crocodile - 150 



Ichneumon tamed. Used instead of a Cat , - - 152 



