Page 156.—“_Shine like the brow of Mount Atlas at night._”—_Solinus_ speaks of the snowy summit of Mount Atlas glittering with flames at night. In the account of the Periplus of Hanno, as well as in that of Eudoxus, we read that as those navigators were coasting this part of Africa, torrents of light were seen to fall on the sea. Page 158.—“_The tears of Isis._”—“Per lacrymas, vero, Isidis intelligo effluvia quædam Lunæ, quibus tantam vim videntur tribuisse Ægypti.” _Jablonski._—He is of opinion that the superstition of the _Nucta_, or miraculous drop, is of a relic of the veneration paid to the dews, as the tears of Isis. Page 158.—“_The rustling of the acacias_,” _&c._—_Travels of Captain Mangles._ Ib.—“_Supposed to rest in the valley of the moon._”—_Plutarch._ _Dupuis_, tom. 10. The Manicheans held the same belief. See _Beausobre_, p. 565. Page 160.—“_Sothis, the fair star of the waters._”—_ὑδραγωγον_ is the epithet applied to this star by _Plutarch_, _de Isid._ Ib.—“_Was its birth‐star._”—_Ἡ Σωθεως ανατολη γενεσεως καταρχουσα της εις τον κοσμον_. _Porphyr. de Antro Nymph._ Page 168.—“_Golden Mountains._”—v. _Wilford on Egypt and the Nile_, Asiatic Researches. Ib.—“_Sweet‐smelling wood._”—“’A l’époque de la crue le Nil Vert charie les planches d’un bois qui a une odeur semblable à celle de l’encens.” _Quatremere._ Page 169.—“_Barges full of bees._”—_Maillet._ Page 170.—“_Such a profusion of the white flowers_,” _&c._—“On les voit comme jadis cueillir dans les champs des tiges du lotus, signes du débordement et présages de l’abondance; ils s’enveloppent les bras et le corps avec les longues tiges fleuries, et parcourent les rues,” &c. _Description des Tombeaux des Rois, par M. Costaz._ Page 173.—“_While composing his commentary on the scriptures._”—It was during the composition of his great critical work, the Hexapla, that Origen employed these female scribes. Page 176.—“_That rich tapestry_,” _&c._ Non ego prætulerim Babylonica picta superbè Texta, Semiramiâ quæ variantur acu. _Martial._ Page 200.—“_The Place of Weeping._”—v. _Wilford_, _Asiatic Researches_, vol. 3. p. 340. Page 210.—“_We had long since left this mountain behind._”—The voyages on the Nile are, under favourable circumstances, performed with considerable rapidity. “En cinq ou six jours,” says _Maillet_, “on pourroit aisément remonter de l’embouchure du Nil à ses cataractes, ou descendre des cataractes jusqu’à la mer.” The great uncertainty of the navigation is proved by what _Belzoni_ tells us:—“Nous ne mîmes cette fois que deux jours et demi pour faire le trajet du Caire à Melawi, auquel, dans notre second voyage, nous avions employés dix‐huit jours.”