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hath been secretly enticed , or my mouth hath kissed 
my hand ; this also mere an iniquity to be punished, 
— Job xxxi. 26, &c. The reason why the Egyptians 
more particularly venerated the moon, was, because 
they considered it, in its crescent form, as bearing 
some resemblance to the boat or ark, in which Noah 
was preserved in the Flood, and, in their language, 
accordingly, they used the same terms for the moon 
and the ark. 
THE SACRED IBIS. 
