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the Elephant. It only occurs there in the name 

 of the place, which in hieroglyphics* is styled 



** the Land of the Elephant." ^j]^^ Nor does 



it appear as an object of adoration in the nume- 

 rous subjects which cover the walls of the neigh- 

 bouring island, Philae, where, had it been sacred 

 in the vicinity, it would not have been omitted ; 

 and the only instance of it is in a side entrance 

 to the front court of the temple of Isis, where the 

 God Nilus brings an Elephant, among the pre- 

 sents to be offered for the King to the Deity of 

 the place. 



In Ethiopia, the Elephant is once found in a 

 temple at Wady Benat, near Shendy, with various 

 Deities and sacred devices ; but there is no evi- 

 dence of its having been worshipped there, or even 

 ranked among the sacred animals of that country. 



Hippopotamus. 



The Hippopotamus was sacred to the God 

 Mars, and worshipped at Papremis. In former 

 times it seems to have been a native of Egypt, and 

 to have lived in the northern part of the Nile. 

 The city where it is reputed to have been prin- 

 cipally honoured, stood in the Delta ; and Hero- 

 dotus t, Diodorust, and others, . mention it among 



* Vide Plates of R. S. of Literature, Plate 59. 

 f Herodot. ii. 59. and 63. and 67. 

 j Diodor. i. 35. Aristot. Hist. An. ii. 7. 

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