[676] See PLATE ii. iii.
[677] Le Bruyn. Plate 153.
See the subsequent plate with the characters of Cneuphis.
[678] Kæmpfer. Amœnitates Exoticæ. p. 325.
[679] Mandesloe. p. 3. He mentions the sacred fire and a serpent.
[680] Sir John Chardin. Herbert also describes these caverns, and a serpent, and wings; which was the same emblem as the Cneuphis of Egypt.
[681] Le Bruyn's Travels, vol. 2. p. 20. See plate 117, 118, 119, 120. Also p. 158, 159, 166, 167.
[682] Thevenot. part 2d. p. 144, 146.
[683] Ὁι τα του Μιθρου μυστηρια παραδιδοντες λεγουσιν εκ πετρας γεγενησθαι αυτον, και σπηλαιον καλουσι τον τοπον. Cum Tyrphone Dialog. p. 168.
[684] He speaks of people—Πανταχου, ὁπου τον Μιθραν εγνωσαν, δια σπηλαιου ἱλεουμενων. Porphyry de Antro Nympharum. p. 263.