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markable that many of the appellations, by which the Greeks dis- 

 tinguish Bacchus, are also used by the Hindus ; whilst both nations 

 have their legends to account for them. Thus, the Greeks named 

 Bacchus, Dimeter, having two mothers, the Hindus call the son of 

 their Bacchus Divimatri, with the same signification. Pyrigenes 

 "born from fire," and its equivalent in Sanscrit Agnija are res- 

 pectively Greek and Indian appellatives of Bacchus, The title of 

 Thriambus, we are told by Diodorus, was assumed by the Greek 

 deity in his triumph after the conquest of India. Tryambo, in like 

 manner, is one of the most common appellations of the Indian 

 Bacchus. 



During my residence at Thebes I obtained from the natives 

 small effigies of the lingam in porcelain found in the tombs : these 

 were used as neck ornaments by the women of ancient Egypt, as 

 they are to this day by the females of the Lingayets or worshippers 

 of the lingam in India. Osiris is said to have had his throne 

 usurped by his brother Typhon in the same manner as llama's was 

 by his brother Bharata. 



4. Misraim is the son of Ham, Osiris the son of Jupiter Am- 

 nion or Ham. 



5. Misraim called Menes by the Egyptians, seems also to be 

 alluded to in that Menu of the Hindoos who framed the Institutes, 

 or Book of Civil and Religious duties, such a work as we might ex- 

 pect would be introduced by the founder of a new nation. This 

 book is one of the oldest the Hindoos possess, and is said to be 

 addressed to the first inhabitants of the earth, by which, of course, 

 is meant India by the Brahmins. It is worthy of remark that, ac- 

 cording to Scripture, Misraim or Menes had seven sons, and 

 Menu of the Hindus also had seven sons or Rishis, fathers of the 

 Pitris or Patriarchs of India, 



6. From Chronos and Rhea came Osiris; Chronos is Noah, the 

 ancestor of Misraim. 



7. Ekoris or Vexoris of Egypt, mentioned by Justin, is Osiris; 

 and this Ekoris is supposed to have been Misraim, by old writers. 



8. Misr or Misra, the same as Misraim, is a surname of the 



