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names of certain countries, as Cushan the ancient name of Ethio- 

 pia, in Cuthay the ancient name of China, Cushgar, Cushmir, 

 Cutch, &c. 



17. Is wara, or Brahma (in the Vrihadhaima) is said to have 

 descended from Heaven, and to have chosen for his abode the land 

 of Misra or Egypt. 



18. The name Osiris, or more properly " Isiris" signified in 

 Egypt " the Lord." Ysiris in Sanscrit has the same meaning and 

 is applied to Bramah.* 



19. Krentzhemius, quoted by Raleigh, says, that " Misraim 

 and Osiris are words of near affinity, and found in the Hebrew 

 tongue and Raleigh adds, " neither do I see cause of doubt 

 whether Osiris were the same with Misraim." 



20. Syncellus says that " Menes was Misraim ;" Menes, by the 

 Egyptians was considered the Lunar God with the Hippopota- 

 mus ; Osiris holds the same position. Osiris was exposed in an 

 ark, Misraim may have been in the ark with his father Ham. The 

 Brahmins assert that Bramah issued from the side of Vish-m« 

 while the latter was borne in a shell, or ark on the face of the 

 waters. Nu is the common oriental name of Noah. 



Inferences from the foregoing facts arranged in Corresponding order. 



From the 1st. That Osiris is Misraim. 



„ 2nd. Phut (Hermes or Toth) the brother of Misraim is 

 shewn to have lived in the reign of Osiris, King 

 Menes, Misraim, or Misor was coeval was Toth, 

 and consequently with Osiris. As it is not likely 

 two Kings reigned over Egypt contemporaneously 

 one carrying his conquests so far as India, we 

 may fairly conclude Osiris and Misraim to be the 

 same personage, if other proofs even were w ant- 

 ing. 



3rd. That Osiris is Misraim ; and, after the conquest of 

 India by him, alluded to in the Greek, Indian, 

 and Egyptian accounts which mutually confirm 

 each other, he was worshipped in India as Bramah. 



* " Hsiris" according to Bunsen's spelling. 



