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in Egypt hj the Priefts of Ifis in their re» 

 ligious Ceremonies and Sacrifices. 



An Urn, with a Cover cemented to it, 

 containing an Ibis ; its Form is that of an 

 inverted Cone. See Page 19. 



ABafib Relievo in Marble, reprefenting 

 an Idol of Mtndes in Egypt ^ where they 

 formerly worfhipped a Goat from whence 

 it is fuppofed the Greeks borrowed their 

 God Pan. 



Campus. An Alabafter Urn, with a Co- 

 ver made in Form of a Hawk's Head, 

 and marked with feveral Hieroglyphics. 

 When the Canopus was filled with the 

 Water of the Nile., it was held facred, 

 and kept with great Veneration and Care, 

 being worfhipped as a God. The Cano- 

 pus was not always made in the fame 

 Form, being fome times like the Body of 

 a Man, on the Back of a Grifiin, or other 

 mixed Moniler. 



We find here a great Number and Va- 

 riety of fmall earthen Figures, fhaped 

 like Mummies, with the Head of Ifis., or 



Ofiris^ 



