┌───┬───┬───┐
│ 4 │ 9 │ 2 │
├───┼───┼───┤
│ 3 │ 5 │ 7 │
├───┼───┼───┤
│ 8 │ 1 │ 6 │
└───┴───┴───┘
It will be seen that the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal rows give, each, the same sum, namely, 15.
[399]. This reminds us of animal magnetism.
[400]. Dark blue is called by the modern Egyptians “eswed,” which properly signifies black, and is therefore so translated here.