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with the "sasa" of the Syrians, and "aura krokothSilou " of Osthanes : " ISirioe'ssan " is a word 

 used by Homer il. iii. 152, and the "leirion" is mentioned in the Hesiodic theogon. 41, the Hymn 

 to Ceres 427, Pindar nem. 2. 7, by Dioscorides as coronary and employed medicinally, affording an 

 ointment called " sousinon : " L. candidum was observed by Forskal, Sibthorp, and Fraas, frequent 

 in the gardens of Greece ; by Hawkins, and Chaubard, in some instances seemingly wild. Westward, 

 the " krinon vasilikon " or "ISirion " is identified in Syn. Diosc. with the " avivlavon " of the Numi- 

 dians, and "rosa iounonis " or " lilioum " of the Romans; "Candida lilia " and "grandia lilia " are 

 mentioned by Virgil ; the "lilium " by Horace, Propertius iv. 4, Columella, by Pliny xxi. 11 as one 

 of the tallest flowers, sometimes three cubits high, its neck always bending under a head distinguished 

 for whiteness, the narrow base expanding gradually with lips around turned backwards from central 

 saffron borne on a slender thread ; " oleum liliaceum " is also mentioned by Palladius : L. candidum 

 was known to Walafridus Strabus (F. Adams), and Macer Floridus 22 ; is figured " somewhere about 

 1480 " in an engraving by Martin Schongauer (Lindl. gardn. chron. ii. p. 744) ; is described by Lobel 

 pi. 183, is termed " 1. album vulgare " by Tournefort inst. 369 ; is a well known garden-flower through- 

 out Europe, and has been found seemingly wild in Switzerland and near Cadiz (Pers.). By European 

 colonists, was carried prior to 1657 to New England (poem Bradf. in hist. coll. iii.), where as well 

 as throughout our Northern and Middle States it continues a favourite in gardens. (See Pancratium 

 Illyricum, and Iris sambucina). 



13 1 2 B. C. = " 55th )ear of Ramessu II.," death of one of his sons Shaemuas, who for a long 

 time was governor of Memphis. His mummy — has been found there in the Serapeum, " in one 

 of the chambers of the mummies of the hill Apis " (Birch). 



1307 B. C. (= 1240 -j- " 83 years " of ten lunations of Ex. vii. 7), Aaron born to Amram and 

 Jochebed. 



Clearly after the birth of Aaron, the Ordinance of the king of Egypt respecting the Israelites: 

 "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive" (Ex. i. 22). 



As early possibly as this date (Graha Munjari tables, Puranas, and Bentley as. res. viii. p. 232), 

 Galava reigning in Hindustan. 



1305 B. C. (= 1304 y. 246^1 d. = 1240 -j- " 80 years " of ten lunations of Ex. vii. 7), Moses 

 born to Amram and Jochebed. 



Cyperus dives of Tropical marshes from the Red Sea to Hindustan. The flags " swph " among 

 which the infant Moses was placed (ex. ii. 3 to 5), growing along " the brooks of defence " according 

 to Isaiah xix. 6, gave the name "ym swph" (Psalm cvi. 7 to 22 and cxxxvi. 13) to the Red Sea, in 

 Egyptian "phiom ntshari " (transl. Sept. ex. x. 19), and therefore correspond to the Egyptian "sa- 

 ris " — rendered " calamus " or " juncus " in ms. Borg. (compare also R. Salomo, Forskal p. 24, and 

 C. Mull, geogr. min. i. p. 112) : the "sari " is described by Theophrastus iv. 8. 2 to 5 as growing in 

 water in the marshes and flat land of Egypt, its stems thick as the thumb and two cubits high, trian- 

 gular as in the papyrus with a similar top, and in like manner chewed for the juice : C. dives, four to 

 five feet high with radical leaves three feet long and rough with small prickles, was observed by 

 Lippi, and Clot-Bey, in Egypt, by Delile pi. 4 under cultivation in the wet plains of the Delta, its 

 stems split for making mats. Eastward, was observed by Fresnel at the extremity of the Sinai 

 peninsula near Tor ; and is known to grow in Hindustan (confounded according to Delile in herbaria 

 with the next species). 



Cypous alopecurvid.es of Tropical marshes from the Red Sea to Hindustan. Probably included 

 in the " swph " in question ; — observed by Delile intermingled in cultivation with C. dives, and used 

 for the same purpose. Eastward, is known to grow in Tropical Arabia (Pers.) ; was observed bv 

 Graham in the environs of Bombay, by Roxburgh i. 208 in other parts of Hindustan. From trans- 

 ported specimens, is described by Rottboell xxxviii. pi. 8, and Willdenow (Steud.). 



The same year = " 62d year of Ramessu II.," on a stela — now in Florence ; the latest date in 

 his reign found on the monuments. 



(SjGlK ftftK The same >' ear (— I36 5 y- I0 mo - — " 6l vrs " in the Afr.-Maneth. table), the acces- 

 Wvim trJBU sion of Mienptah, thirteenth son of Ramessu II. and now fourth king of the Nine- 

 teenth dynasty, not earlier than this dtte. He is next on the monuments, — and 

 immediately follows Ramessu II. in the series of kings at Mcdinet Abu. 



The same year = " 1st of Mienptah," in a tablet at Silsilis, recording offerings to 

 the gods Anion- Ra and Hapi — (Birch) ; the earliest instance known of the worship of Anion, which 

 could not be traced by Lepsius beyond the Twentieth dynasty (Buns. v. 4. 4, see Jupiter). 



About three miles beyond Girgeh and on the Eastern margin of the river-flat where some mounds 

 of rubbish mark the site of an ancient city (possibly the lost " Lepidotum "), one of the chambers or 

 tombs excavated in the face of the cliff contains ovals of king Mienptah, — observed by myself. 



Nineteenth generation. Jan. 1st, 1300, mostly beyond youth: the Egyptian prophet Amenophis 

 (Maneth. in Jos. c. A. i. 26) : Ammihud (Num. i. 10, ii. 18, vii. 48, x. 22, and 1 Chron. vii. 26), Am- 



