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or any other type connected with its ancient mythology, it is 
not easy to conjecture. The second is a caruelian scarabceus, 
bought in the bazar of Nicotia, representing, in front, a sepul¬ 
chral stele. One of the letters is evidently a compound ; and 
four others agree with characters in the Etruscan alphabet. 
There is, moreover, the following inscription upon the back of 
this stone, which is evidently Phoenician ; but this also exhi¬ 
bits Etruscan letters. Hence it seems manifest that the Etrus¬ 
cans arid Phoenicians were originally the same people.* 
# It is a curious circumstance, that Leonhart Rauwolf, in his itena'ry into the 
eastern countries, (as published by Ray in 1693. part 2, c. 13 ) calls the Druses Of 
Mount L banus by the name of Trusci. This people now use the Arabic language 
but very mistaken notions prevail eon-cerning their origin. 
