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The Head of Anuhis^ or Cynocephalus^ 

 a Dog which in Egypt they worfhipped, 

 prompted thereto, as is fuppofed, on 

 Account of his having been a conftant 

 Attendant of the Goddefs Ifis, 



Figures of (Ailurus) a Cat, a Mon- 

 key, ^c. Scarabs, Beetles of various Sizes, 

 made of Marble, Agate, Cornelian, ^c. 

 They were held facred in the Opinion of 

 the fuperftitious Egyptians^ on fome par- 

 ticular Account ; but why, it is at pre- 

 fent very difficult to form any probable 

 Conje6ture. 



Periapt a. Thefe are fmall oblong Pieces 

 of enamelled Earth, notched, as is in 

 general conjedured, to mark the rifmg 

 and falling of the Water of the Nile. The 

 beft Authors that have wrote on the Sub- 

 jed of the Egyptian Antiquities, call thefe | 

 Pieces of Earth Nilometri., or Nilofcopia. 



We find alfo a Cylinder, and fome j 

 Pebbles curioufly marked with Hiero- 

 glyphics and Figures but their Ufe is 



not I 



