CHAP. XIV. LOTUS. TROCHILUS. Q69 



indicate the all-seeing presence of the Divinity ; 

 and it was a symbol of the land of Egypt,* 



The frogt was the type of man in embryo. 

 \^ It sat on a ring, or seal, a sign occasionally 

 used in lieu of the tau, or ^Ujfe;'* and from 

 its back roseapahn branch, which sometimes 

 appeared in the state of a tender leaf rising from 

 the date stone. 



Another symbol, resembling a pair of forceps, 

 signified a *' minister." t 



The lotus was introduced into all subjects, par- 

 ticularly as an ornament, and as the favourite 

 flower of the country ; but not with the holy 

 character, usually attributed to it, though adopted 

 as an emblem of the God Nofre- Atmoo.§ 



To describe all the emblems contained in the 

 sculptures of Egypt would lead me into a length- 

 ened discussion on the hieroglyphics, which it is 

 not my intention here to introduce ; I therefore 

 postpone further mention of them until an oppor- 

 tunity offers for treating that important subject 

 in the detailed manner it requires and merits. 



No. 463. The Trochilus, or Charadrius melanoceph'aUis, Linn. 



* Vide supra, p. 48. 7.3. 86. f Vide siipni, p. 247. 



X It is the same which is in the hand of fig. 1. Plate 40. 

 § Vide siiprci, p. 25. and 264. 



