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Ofiris^ fome adorned with Hieroglyphics, 

 others plain. They were efteemed to be 

 Guardians of the Mummies, and are more 

 particularly defcribed Page 19. 



Several Buflos, and Groups of Figures 

 in earthen Wai*e, fuppofed to be the 

 Houfhold Gods of the meaner Sort of 

 People. 



We muft notice in this Place a VeiTel 

 of white porous Earth, which is faid to 

 have a particular Quality ; for if you fill 

 it with Water, and lay Seeds of fmall Sal- 

 let in the Furrows on the Outfide, they 

 will grow, and be fit for Ufe in a few 

 Days. 



At the upper End of the Table are 

 feveral more Figures in Metal of Ofiris^ 

 Ifis^ Harpocrates^ Egyptian Priefts, i^c. 



jipis. An Egyptian God reprefented by 

 the Figure of a Bull. The Egyptia^is held 

 in great Veneration a Bull of a certain 

 particular Colour, with a Knot under its 

 Tongue ; he was kept and fed in a mag- 

 nificent Temple, and with great Cere- 

 mony 



