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Egypt, only they have feathered wings like arrows. There 

 is alfo diltinguifhed among the reft, the figure of a man on., 

 horfeback, with a lion fighting furioufly by him, and Dio- 

 dorus * fays, Ofimandyas was fo represented at Thebes. This>, 

 whole compofition merits great attention.. 



I have faid, that Luxor is Diofpolis,, and mould think, that 

 that place, and Carnac together, made thejovis Civitas Magna 

 of Ptolemy, though there is 9' difference of the latitude by 

 my observation compared with his. But as mine was made 

 on the fouth of Luxor, if his was made on the north of Car* 

 nac, the difference will be greatly diminifhed. 



The 17th we took leave of our friendly Shekh of Luxor,, 

 and failed with a very fair wind, and in great fpirits. The 

 liberality of the Shekh of Luxor had extended as far as even- 

 to my Rais, whom he engaged to land me here upon my 

 return. — I had procured him confiderable eafe in fome com- 

 plaints he had ; and he faw our departure with as much 

 regret as in other places they commonly did our arrival.. 



On the eaftern more are Hambde, Mafchergarona, Tot,. 

 Senimi, and Gibeg. Mr Norden feems to have very much 

 confufed the places in this neighbourhood, as he puts Er- 

 ment oppofite to Carnac, and Thebes farther fouth than 

 Erment, and on the eafl fide of the Nile, whilft he places 

 Luxor farther fouth than Erment. But Erment is fourteen 

 miles farther fouth than Thebes, and Luxor about a quar- 

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* Diod. Sic. Bib. lib. i. p, 45. § c. 





