CHAP. XIV. RANK OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS. 



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list of those known there in former times, and point 

 out such as appear, from the authority of com- 

 petent writers, or from being found embalmed in 

 the tombs, to have a claim to that title ; arranging 

 them under their respective heads of MammaUa, 

 birds, reptiles, fishes, and insects, to which I shall 

 add some of the holy members of the vegetable 

 kingdom. 



Bronze Apis, in the possession of Miss Rogers — Fig. 2. The devices on its neck and back. 



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