3. Comp. chapter 44 on the cavern where the dead fall into the darkness, ‘but the Eye of Horus supporteth me, and Apuat reareth me up.’ There may be an allusion here, as there is elsewhere, to _shooting stars_. It is worth noticing that—a group which ought, I think, to be read ⁂⁂⁂⁂ (_Ca_ and _Ac_) has in most papyri the wrong determinative ⁂ instead of ⁂, which was misunderstood, and that _Ab_ has even ⁂⁂⁂. 4. A corrupt passage, like the next. 5. The corruption of the whole passage between [ ] will be best understood on comparing it with the names of “the Rudders of Heaven” as given in chapter 148; the earliest text of these names being (I think) the fine tablet in _Denkm._ III, 25 bis _a_. _Three_ out of four of these names are represented by the phrases here printed in italics. The rest is incoherent and was certainly not understood by the copyists. I have followed _Aa_ in my translation. 6. ‘_The Leathers_,’ ⁂⁂⁂ or ⁂⁂⁂⁂, leathern thongs, or straps, like the Greek τροποί for fastening the oars, Ἠρτύναντο δ’ ἐρετμὰ τροποῖς ἐν δερματίνοισι: _Odyss._ 4, 782. See note of Scholiast and _cf._ Aesch. _Pers._, 376. 7. _Look out_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂, _see_ chapter 15, note 9. 8. _Grounds._ ⁂⁂⁂ is, technically, the superficial land measure corresponding to the _quarter_ of the Egyptian _arura_. The more general sense of the word (⁂⁂⁂⁂) is land enclosed and parted out for cultivation. The very ancient magical text (Unas 302) speaks characterically of ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, the Hippopotamus who maketh his appearance at the garden (vineyard, field, &c. _Cf._ Psalm lxxx, 13). In the great inscription published in Mariette’s _Denderah_, IV, 35, ⁂⁂⁂ is used, in a sense like that of the Ἀδώνιδος κῆποι, for a stone vessel in which seeds were sown for ritual purposes. 9. _Tiller._ ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ _bait_, or (as it is also written) _ȧbait_; see chapter 76, note 1. 10. _Merit._ ⁂⁂ (sometimes written with ⁂ and other determinatives; Bekenranef adds ⁂) is the name of each of the two divine sisters, Isis and Nephthys, _see_ chapter 37, note; who are called ⁂⁂⁂ and ⁂⁂. But, at Edfu, Denderah and Philae, _Merit_ is a synonym of the _Ut’at_, and one of the names of Hathor. 11. _Shallow_; a conjectural meaning for ⁂⁂⁂, which has not only the determinative of _land_, but those of water, ⁂ and ⁂. And in some texts it would seem to mean _marsh_, _fen_, _swamp_. ------------------------------------ CHAPTER C. _The Book whereby the glorified one is made strong, and is made to embark in the boat of Rā, together with those who are with the god._ Let me convey the divine Heron to the East, Osiris to Tattu. Let me open the caverns of Hāpu,(1.) clear the path of the Solar Orb and tow along Sekaru upon his sledge. Let the Great one give me strength at her fixed hour. I hail and give worship to the Orb, and associate myself with those in adoration, I am one of them.