g CHRONOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 



to be the jacked ; but except in the superior height, the figures agree 

 better with the fox ( Vulpes) . — However this may be. here would seem 

 to be the source of the legendary accounts of the cuuning of the fox, 

 which have come down to the present day. 



Animal sacrifices are represented in the same tomb (Lepsius II. 

 PL 3) ; and the head of the oryx is included among the offerings. This 

 species of antelope appears to have been regularly domesticated. — 

 And under the Fourth and Fifth Dynasties, is often represented as 

 kept in herds. 



The head and neck of a large undetermined species of crane (Grus) 

 is also figured among the offerings (Lepsius II. PL 3). This bird 

 appears to have been likewise domesticated. — And on monuments of 

 the Fourth, Fifth, and Twelfth Dynasties, is repeatedly represented 

 as kept in flocks. Single figures occur as late as the Eighteenth 

 Dynasty. 



The ibex, or Capricorn, is figured in the same tomb (Lepsius II. 

 PL 6). — The capricorn is of frequent occurrence on the subsequent 

 monuments ; but is always represented single, and is perhaps to be 

 regarded as kept in captivity, rather than fairly domesticated. 



The hedgehog (Eriuaceus auritus), is figured in the same tomb 

 (Lepsius II. PL 3). — The hedgehog is frequently carried in cages 

 on the subsequent monuments, and may have been regarded as a 

 sacred animal : but I met with none of these representations that 

 were later than the Twelfth Dynasty. 



The domestic goose is figured in the same tomb (Lepsius II. PL 6). 

 — And on all the subsequent monuments. 



The dog is figured in the same tomb (Lepsius II. PL 3) ; having 

 the tail curling, but the muzzle pointed, like that of the jackal. — 

 Numerous varieties of the dog are figured at Benihassan under the 

 Twelfth Dynasty ; and among them, the greyhound, employed as in 

 modern times for its superior swiftness in the chase : a kind of sport, 

 moreover, said to be well known in Nubia. 



The sheep is figured in the same tomb (Lepsius II. PL 6) ; a re- 

 markable variety with spreading horns, which appears soon to have 

 become extinct. — Curved horns make their first appearance at Beni- 

 hassan, under the Twelfth Dynasty : but the original peculiar head 

 was continued in later times in the mythology and hieroglyphic 

 writing. 



The bullock is represented in the same tomb (Lepsius II. PL 3). — 



