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THE SACRED IBIS 
banks of the river Nile, at a season reminding them of the 
approach of those abundant crops produced by the inunda- 
tions of their sacred river, we can easily see the reason why 
the priests of the country held it up to the ignorant people 
as a bird sent from Heaven, and therefore to be worshipped 
in life and honoured in death. 
Egyptian Plover and Crocodile. 
