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THE SACRED IBIS. 



banks of the river Nile, at a season reminding them of the 

 approach of those abundant crops produced by the inunda- 

 tions of their sacred river, we can easily see the reason why 

 the priests of the country held it up to the ignorant people 

 as a bird sent from Heaven, and therefore to be worshipped 

 in life and honoured in death. 



Egyptian Plover and Crocodile. 



