OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 3 1 



the "nmr" or leopard is mentioned by Habakkuk i. 8, and Jeremiah v. 6. The "pardos" of " Africa 

 and Syria," are mentioned by Pliny viii. 23. Equatorial Africa appears to have been the original 

 home of the leopard ; and skins were doubtless imported thence into* Egypt at a very early period. 

 At Mocha, I found them for sale, forming a regular article of traffic. 



-=£T\ (swan signifying old musician, Horap. ii. 37) ; "hunon " (or "halet nloupo," ms. Par.) swan ; 

 /J "hllo" or "hSlla" old man or woman, " el-hella " to grow old; "be'mseoud" familiarity; 

 "kalis" custom, habit ; " haS " or " hae " or " haSuS " the last. — The character occurs as early as 

 the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 98). 

 t, its pervading meaning toil. 



p? " tots " a tablet ; " tnevS " or " taivg " or " taivi " a chest ; " 6tshd " or " tSkm " to draw or 

 £?' drag ; " rahts " prostrator ; " tevne " or " tvnS " quadruped. — The character occurs as early as 

 the Fifth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 49). A second form i u j occurs under the Twelfth dynasty 

 (Leps. d. ii. pi. 129). 



(baboon " kunokSphalon " sitting, signifying the two equinoxes, day and night being then 

 equal, Horap. i. 16); " tgon " os sacrum; " tertor " fixed; "tots" or " tots " seat, to be 

 fastened in ; " talo " or " tale" " sitting ; " h6d " a balance or balance-scales ; — " tSri " a gno- 

 mon. The character occurs under the . . dynasty (Champ, diet. 117, Sharpe 73. 3. 14). ^ The 

 following rfi . J combination occurs under the*. .. dynasty (Champ, text 206, Buns, and Birch) ; 

 and illus- rbJH trates Horapollo's account of the Egyptians placing an image of the cynocephalus 

 on water- ~^_y clocks. 



"phat" foot; "rat" foot, legs; " ratphat " hairy-foot or hare; " garSshdouts " (jerboa, 

 Lacroz.) ; — in Bali the learned language of China "bat" (Laloub., and Tattam) ; in English 

 "foot." The character occurs under the Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, Bonom., and Buns, 

 and Birch). 



Two species of jerboa, Dipus hirtipes and D. sngitta, are known to inhabit the Desert around 

 Egypt ; — and Clot-Bey ii. 68 further states, that when captured they cannot be kept in wooden cages 

 on" account of their powerful teeth. The "thipothas " of Lybia, are mentioned by Herodotus iv. 192 : 

 and a figure of the jerboa is given by Paul Lucas ii. p. 58. 

 A " tats " sole of foot ; " tah-6rat " to stand ; " tajreu " firm, stable ; " t-jra " standing, firm- 



1.V ^- ness; " tajro " the firmament ; — in English "stand." The character occurs under the 

 Fourth dynasty, also in the Book of the Dead, and continues in use under the Twelfth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 

 30 and 118); the second form occurs under the Seventeenth dynasty (Leps. d. iii. pi. 12). 



leading-string ; " tastho " rope by which a ship's sail is directed ; " tastho " to turn aside, 

 C===§ av e r t; ""tahtelT" to incline, convert; " toujo " to keep, to liberate; "tnau" or " thnau " 

 when. — The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Third dynasty to the end 

 of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 10 to 61). 



(two feet joined together and walking, signifying course of the sun in the Winter sol- 

 stice, Horap. ii. 3) ; " tfik " to confide, trust ; " tphS " or " tpho " to dismiss, send away, take 

 leave; " ratf " or " tatsi " or «' tashse" " foot-tracks; "trah6s" pair of compasses; "t6rtr" 

 or "t6teV steps or stairs, an instrument graduated into minute divisions. — The character occurs 

 from the Third dynasty to the Roman conquest (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, -3- and k. pi. 5 to 57). 

 ^/ " tatsb.6 " to weigh down, to be lame ; " tahe " or " thigi " or " dh6 " drunkenness, to be 



^X~ drunk. — The character occurs in the Book of the Dead. 



A S? .. st6t » or - st 6t " or " strter " or " t6t " shuddering, fright, tremor. — The character occurs 

 ^f^as early as the . . . dynasty (Champol. mon. i 98 and iii. 336). 



"7 " slad " or " slaate " to slip, fall ; " slatiet " a slip, false step, fall ; paht or p6ht to fall 



&*\ prostrate; " r6ht " epilepsy ; -in English "slide." The character occurs under the .... 



TT Y ^rim6s° n of" rakA >' or " m«t,h6d " or " metshSt » or " metshtsh6t " plains ; " toe " or " toi " 

 f^D or «t6r" a portion, a part; "taj" sod; "toudt" green; " teshne " or "teshmeV or " tesh " 

 h^b herbage ; « tarinon " a bed of young sprigs ; " t6s " or " tSsi "dry, to become dry ; " tmm, hair 

 or wool. -The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps d. 



H 'JS!l 3 ' a " d t e k sh P " o S r '" t&M " or " tishg " or " t6sh " or " t6shS " or " tSji " plantation, to plant ; " t6ng " 

 arise- » t6oun » or " t6n " or " togis " to rise up. -The character occurs under the . 

 dynas'ty, and continues in use under the Ptolemies (Champ diet 213, and Leps. k. pi. 5,) 



(ha,K signifying desirous of building, Horap. 11. in); tot or toot hand; te or 

 -tou" the number five; " tovs " or " tSvs " or « tvs " to mstigate. -The character ^ occurs 

 from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. 1.. pi. 2, and k. pi 7 to 66 

 from thethTa^ay y ^ ^ ^ ^^ und the eyes (cheekbone); " tass 



^Vs> ^^or"smnts"to bargain, make an agreement ; " tarkS or " tarko " to b.nd by oath, 



