Page  243.  —  "  When  Isis,  the  pure  star  of  lovers."  —
V.  Plutarch  de  Isid,

lb.  —  "  Ere  she  again  embrace  her  bridegroom  sun,"  —
"  Conjunctio  solis  cum  luna,  quod  est  veluti  utriusque
connubium."     Jalilonshi.
NOTES.  327

Page  247.  —  "  Of  his  walkialion  is  the  companion."  —
_M.  Chateaubriand  lias  introduced  Paul  and  his  lion  into

the  "  Miirli/ra"  liv.  1  I.
Page  235.  —  "  Come  thus  secretly  before  day-break."  —
It  was  among  the  accusations  of  Celsus  against  the
Ciiristians,  tliat  they  held  their  assemblies  privately  and
contrary  to  law  ;  and  one  of  the  speakers  in  the  curious
work  of  Minucius  Felix  calls  the  Christians  "  latebrosa
et  lucifugax  natio."

Page  256.  —  "  jt  swallow"  S(C.  —  "  Je  vis  dans  le
desert  des  hirondellcs  d'un  gris  clair  comme  le  sable  sur
lequel  elles  volent."  —  Denon.
Page  257.  —  "  The  comet  that  once  desolated  this
world."  —  In  alluding  to  Wliiston's  idea  of  a  comet  hav-
ing caused  the  deluge,  M.  Girard,  having  remarked  that
the  word  Typhon  means  a  deluge,  adds,  "  On  ne  pcut
entendre  par  le  terns  du  regne  de  Typhon  que  celui
pendant  lecjuel  le  dt'luge  inonda  la  terre,  tems  pendant
lequel  on  dCit  observer  la  comete  qui  I'occasionna,  et
dont  I'apparition  fut,  non  seulement  pour  les  peoples
de  I'Egypte,  et  de  I'Ethiopie,  mais  encore  pour  tons  les
peuples  le  presage  funeste  de  leur  destruction  presque
totale. "     Description  dc  la   Vallvc  de  VE'garemcnt.
