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[986.] Fosbr. Encycl. of Antiq., ii. 738.

[987.] Ibid.

[988.] Wilkinson’s Anct. Egypt., 2d S. ii. 126, 260.

[989.] Hawk’s Peruvian Antiq., p. 197.

[990.] Jamieson’s Scottish Dict.

[991.] Nat. Hist., xxix. 6. Holl. Trans., p. 364. K.

[992.] Antiq. of the Jews, B. ix. c. 2. Whiston’s Trans., p. 274.

[993.] Pilg., v. 81. Fol. 1626.

[994.] Whiston’s Trans. of Josephus, p. 274, note.

[995.] Dict. of Bible.