Footnote 141: See Mariette, _Mon. div._, pl. 61, where each of the jackals is surmounted with the Eye and bears the name _Ȧnpu_. Footnote 142: The importance of this sign is manifest in the Pyramid Text (_Merenrā_, 634), “_N_ maketh his appearance as King, he hath possession of his ⁂⁂⁂ and of his throne.” [Since the above was in print M. Naville has published an inscription of Queen Hatshepsit, in which the remarkable expression ⁂⁂⁂⁂ occurs three times. The word written ⁂⁂⁂, ⁂⁂⁂⁂, but also ⁂⁂⁂⁂ or ⁂⁂⁂⁂ (and also without any vowel, though ⁂ is understood), has determinatives in _Pepi_ I, 635, and _Merenrā_, 509, which imply the sense of _girdle_, _zone_. Hence the sense of _neighbourhood_, “the men or places round about one.” Footnote 143: Does ⁂ represent what we call the _Belt_ of Orion with its three bright stars? ------------------------------------ CHAPTER CXXIX is a repetition of Chapter C. ------------------------------------ CHAPTER CXXX. _A Book whereby the Soul is made to live for ever, on the day of entering into the Bark of Rā, and to pass the Sheniu of the Tuat. Made on the Birthday of Osiris._(1.) Opened be the gates of Heaven; opened be the gates of Earth; opened be the gates of the East; opened be the gates of the West; opened be the gates of the Southern and of the Northern sanctuaries. Opened be the gates and thrown wide the portals as Rā riseth up from the Mount of Glory; opened to him be the doors of the Sektit boat, thrown open to him be the portals of the Māātit, as he scenteth Shu and setteth in motion Tefnut, and those follow who are in the train of the Osiris _N_, who followeth Rā and taketh possession of his arms of steel.(2.) I am coffined in an ark like Horus, to whom his cradle(3.) is brought: and secret is the place, hard by his own shrine, which the god openeth to whom he willeth. And so it cometh that I lift up Right to the Lord of Right, and that I make fast the cord which windeth about the shrine. The Osiris _N_ avoideth the raging storm: the Osiris _N_ is not to be kept away from Rā, not to be repulsed is he. Let not the Osiris _N_ advance into the Valley of Darkness: let not the Osiris _N_ enter into the dungeon of the captives: let him not leap into the grip of Fate, let him not fall among those who imprison souls or come forth among those who would drag him behind the slaughtering block of the Armed god.(4.) Salutations to you, ye sejant gods.(5.) The divine Sword(6.) is concealed in the hands of Seb, at daybreak, for he delighteth in drawing to himself both old and young at his own season. And now behold Thoth in the secret of his mysteries. He maketh purifications and endless reckonings; piercing the steel firmament and dissipating the storms around him. And so it cometh that the Osiris _N_ hath reached every station of his.