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the fuller form Silsilis in the Thebaid, but nearer tlian all to the 

 original is Mt. Kalil lying south of Mahazeh, as that reminiscence of 

 Achuzam lies below Mt. Ascar. The mountains called Silsilis and 

 those termed Kalil commemorate the same person as those in the 

 neighbourhood of the Azazimeh named Helal and Dhallal. The 

 Coptic name of Silsilis is Golgel, reminding iis of the Gilgals of 

 Palestine already associated with Jehalaleel. It will be remembered 

 that the Shittim or Acacia was in both these names connected with 

 the line under consideration, representing Sheth and Achuzam, 

 It is the Gilgil, Sealeh or Sayal, and under these forms unites 

 Jehaleleel with Achuzam and the Shethites. But we have found the 

 words Khalil, Nahaliel, &c., to be variations of the same name, 

 designating rivers ; and, most appropriately, at Silsilis the river Nile 

 is known to have been an object of worship. It is an easy matter ta 

 say that Nilus is a Greek term for that river, but not so easy to 

 account for the origin of what is no Greek word. Hecatseus tells of 

 a town Neilos, and the Niloa, or festivals of the river, are m,entioned 

 by many writers. It was likewise known to the ancient Hindoos as 

 the Cali. The ancient Neilos or Nilopolis, which was situated in the 

 Fayoum, is no doubt the present Illahoun, about which traces of Nile 

 worship are conspicuous. As r and I aje interchangeable in Coptic, 

 we may find the same name in the Phruron or Nilus of Eratosthenes^ 

 answering to the Nileus of Diodorits, who appropriately precedes 

 Chembes. Similar pairs of words are Aeolus and Perieres, Aila and 

 ParuravaSj Khulasa and Gerar. Jehaleleel by this process would 

 become Jeharereer or perhaps Harooris. The I and r are interchange- 

 able in the word Ahalu or Aahiii, denoting the heaven of the 

 Egyptians ; and this word is simply the name of the son of Achuzam. 

 I may premise so far as to gi^e its equivalents in different languages; 

 for the sake of establishing the identity. It is the Palestinian 

 Khulil, Khulasa or Elusa, the Greek Elysium and Eleusis of the 

 mysteries, the Latin Ooelum, the Sanscrit Kailasa, the Germanic 

 Valhalla and the Celtic Avilion. The funereal ritual of the Egyp- 

 tians furnishes us with the original of the Eleusinian mysteries, 

 Jehaleleel, as a prominent member of the sepulchral family, giving 

 name to the region of which they chiefly treat. The valley of Ahaluy 

 or Aaahi-u, or Balot — for it is known by these three names— is the 

 region, first of all, whence Jehaleleel, who received the patriarch 

 Abraham, having mustered his forces and made with him and other 



