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Phoenix : the terminal t being the sign of the Feminine in the An- 

 cient Egyptian language, and the radical consonants KNR occurring 

 in all the above names, we have in fact but one word differently dis- 

 guised. 



8. The concluding chapter of Herschel's Outlines of Astronomy 

 contains some remarks on the so-called "Julian Period;" a device, 

 said to have been received "by Scaliger from the Greeks of Constan- 

 tinople ; "and " found so useful, that the most competent authori- 

 ties have not hesitated to declare that, through its employment, light 

 and order were first introduced into chronology." On examination, 

 the so-called "Julian Period" proves to be adapted to the meridian 

 of Alexandria ! 



Its initial point is placed at "B.C. 4713," 



deduct the above Commencement of Egyp. Chronology, B. C. 4493, 



220 (= | phoenix); 



and the remainder, amounting precisely to a third of a phoenix, implies 

 absolute connexion. 



9. The Old Egyptian Chronicle, at first, does not appear to } r ield 

 such satisfactory results : for we count, 



Below and including the XIX Dyn., 105G yrs. 

 Add, Persians reconquered Egypt 



(Clinton), "B. C 350" 



End C. Y. (by Ptol. Obs.) A. D. Censorinus' End of G. Year, 



128 (—1)= 127 "A.D. 139 "(— 1)= 138 



1533 yrs. 1544 yrs. 



On adding together the years given in the Old Egyptian Chronicle, 

 we find 



The total number, . . 36,341 (+1540=23 G.Y. 921 yrs.) 

 According to Syncellus, 



the number aimed at, 



was "1461 x 25 = . 36,525"(-f- 1540=23 G.Y. 1105 yrs.) 

 Add, the Diocletian Era, 



commencing " A. D 284" 



2310 (=1JG. Y.). 

 Now, the Diocletian Era is the one used at the present day by the 



