OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 



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ent sibilant. This reversed form constitutes the S of the Romans and the alphabets of Western 

 Europe. 



h, its pervading meaning held : The exclamation "hush ! ." 



/pjl ar ms with the thumb pointing downward ; " halSk " or " hamer " or " amer " breast, arms ; 



lt = SN " hSrtshS " cubit, fathom ; "hf6t" or "hpSt" fathom; "heten" or "hetSu" thumbs; 

 " hrak " or " hr5k " or "heri" or " horou " to quiet, hush, make still; " hrour " or "hSur5Su"or 

 " haro " or " hard " to keep silence, hush ; " tahnS " or " tshStsht " prohibition, to prohibit ; " hmSos " 

 or " hmsS " to cause to sit. — The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the Thirteenth (Leps. 

 d. ii. 81, and k. pi. 7 to 14). 

 M cow-bell ; " harikiSn " bell ; " has " although ; " hSljS " kind ; " ha " or " has " to permit ; " hiev " 



or "hiev" lamb; "he" to be, to remain; " hatm " or " hatn " or "hahtm" or " hahtn " or 

 "hahte" with ; " hah " many. — The character occurs as early as the .... dynasty (Champ, gram. 

 372 and 373). 



n " ohS " or " Shi " herd or flock ; " SiohS " or " ohS " or " Shi " fold or sheepfold ; " Shi " to tarry ; 

 " hSnoufg " or " hinoufi " tranquillity, abundance ; " hor " or " hSr " to milk ; " hrS " or " hre " food ; 

 — in Hebrew the eighth letter " hyd " supposed to signify sheepfold ; in English " enough." The 

 character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the Roman conquest (Leps. d. ii. pi. 23, and k. pi. 7 

 to 58). 



(^3^-ga {cuttle-fish "sepian" signifying, in striving to do well, meeting with misfortune; the ani- 

 p mal escaping capture by discharging a black fluid, Horap. ii. 107); "horpi" to try; 

 "hihour " declivity ; "htop " or " h£ " or "hei " disgraceful fall; "hule " or "loihg " or "16ihi" mire; 

 " htSp " an offence ; " hapou " where ; " hamnai " here ; " ha-mne " there ; " hen '' near ; " hamoi " 

 as yet ; " hathe " or " hate " or " hihS " or " hihe " before ; " phahou " or " pahou " or " hipahou " 

 behind, afterwards ; " hasiS " to be submerged ; — in Latin " hie," in English " here." The charac- 

 ter occurs under the Twelfth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 140). A second form v;^/ occurs in the 

 Book of the Dead, and from the Twelfth dynasty to the Eighteenth (Leps. d. 'I ii. pi. 125, and 



k. pi. 29). 



" hSjps " to shut, stop ; " tathS " to hold, bind ; " sSnh " prisoper ; " heetS " or 

 : hSitSs " behold ! ; " hnhS " to be overtaken, circumvented ; " hSls " or " holsh " to 

 be encompassed. — The first character occurs from the Eighteenth dynasty to the Roman conquest 

 (Leps. d. iv. pi. 25, 27, and k. pi. 28 to 59). The second character occurs under the ... . dynasty 

 (Champ, gram. 459). 



" hatSr " pestle ; " mjaht " or " haroji " a mortar ; " hatS " to bruise, " hSlhel " bruising ; 

 , ' hiou " or " hiSue" " to beat ; " hioli " public flagellation ; " hioni " or " hi6ni " or " hiSne " 

 to stone. — The first character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing 

 (Leps. d. ii. pi. 30, 98, and k. pi. 7 to 66). The second occurs under the Nineteenth dynasty (Leps. 

 k. pi. 36). The third occurs under the Ptolemies (Leps. k. pi. 53). 



___^_ " al£h " or " arSh " custody, prison ; " finauh " or " snauh " bonds, fetters ; — The character 



/ / occurs from the Twelfth dynasty to the Ptolemies (Leps. d. ii. pi. 121, 138, and k. pi. 56) ; and 



seems the origin of the following forms of the Phoenician letter "hyd," j?), continued in the Greek 



" eta," and Roman H. 



The character seems besides a modification of the stocks. — The stocks are mentioned in the 

 Eno-lish version of Prov. vii. 22 ; " sth '' in Job xiii. 27 and xxxiii. 11 ; and were observed by myself 

 in common use among the Arabs of Zanzibar. In Italy, the " numella," confining the neck as well 

 as feet, is mentioned by Plautus (Ainsw.). 



" hlal " yoke ; " hihSh '' to upbraid ; " hSoutsh " reviling, contumely ; " hila " to be calum- 

 niated. — The character occurs as early as the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 22 and 102). 

 v^ " hSvi " or " hvve' " or " hevi " a plough ; " hevS " or " hSvi " or " hevi " or " hevg " grief; 

 '^ " hva " sad, unwilling ; " hglhilS " grief, trouble ; " hetsh " or " hej " or " hojhgj " or " h£jh6j " 

 to be afflicted ; " lojh " or " lSjh " affliction ; " hleplSp " or " hloplp " to be in a strait ; — in English 

 " heavy " and " to come to grief." The character occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the Persian 

 emperors (Leps. d. ii pi. 98 and k. pi. 49). 



T7 " het " heart, mind ; " het " to trust to, confide in ; " r-het " to repent, ponder ; " het-het " m- 



O side of the heart ; " het " womb ; " hets " or " he " or " houad " or " houit " or " hougit " or 

 " h5u£it6 " beginning ; — the name is continued in the Greek " eta," supposed to have been originally 

 pronounced h & The character occurs from the Third dynasty and the Book of the Dead to the 

 Roman conquest (Leps. d. ii. pi. 2, and k. pi. 5 to 59). ,,.,,. 



(ibis signifying " karthian " heart, mind, reason ; the bird being dedicated to Murcury, the 



master ofall thinking and reasoning, Horap. i. 34) i " havioui " or " hip " or " hippfin " ibis ; 



"hrai" or "lira" or " hn " in; " houn " or " hihSun " within ; "t-hihSun" in the interior, 



Intellectual faculties; " hak " wise, intelligent; «hou£" wiser; "hop" to think; "hap" or 



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