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Mr. Cooper. — This picture, which 
Mr. Titcomb has so kindly brought with 
him, is copied from a well-known vig- 
nette in the Ritual of the Dead, but it 
differs from some that I have seen. Gene- 
rally speaking, these illustrations have 
an altar with the four gods of the dead 
upon it, because the deceased entreats 
those four gods to intercede for him ; 
but this papyrus is better and more ac- 
curate. You have not the four gods of 
the dead here, but in their place is Horus, 
the son of God himself, who intercedes 
standing in a reverential attitude with 
his hands put together, praying that 
hs father Orisis may save the deceased, 
pardon, and admit him to the abodes 
of the blessed. Horus stands between 
the deceased and hell, here represented 
as a temple filled with fire, and over hell 
sits the monster Typho, “ the devourer 
of the souls of the unjustified ” ; be- 
tween hell and the judge is an altar con- 
taining fruit and flowers, supposed to 
have been offered by the deceased, when 
alive, to Horus, who now offers his me- 
diation for the deceased. By the steel- 
yard is represented a monkey, the em- 
blem of justice, because all his, extremi- 
ties are hands, and all are equal. In 
one scale is the goddess of Truth, and 
in the other is a little vase containing 
the heart of the deceased. If it is equal 
in weight, the deceased is acquitted ; if it 
is not, he is condemned. The 
deceased stands between the 
goddesses Isis and Nepthys, 
and he bows before the 
judge, with one hand on 
"his breast, while the other 
shrouds his face, for it is 
necessary, in standing be- 
fore a god, or in praying to 
the Serpent, to put the 
hand before the face. The 
figure of Thoth is seen 
The Judgment Haul of Osiris. 
