[259] An astronomer greatly above my praise.
[260] Jamblich. de Myst. sect. 8. cap. 5.
[261] Sozomen, Eccles. Hist. lib. 7. cap. 15.
[262] Herw. theolog. Ethnica, p. 11.
[263] I apprehend this is owing to the circumstances of the climate, in the four months, the time of the inundation, the heavens were so covered as to afford no observations to be recorded.
[264] Porpyhry Epist. ad Anebonem.
[265] Exod. chap. xxviii. ver. 21.
[266] Exod. chap. xxviii. ver. 36.
[267] Deut. chap. xxxi. ver. 24.
[268] Vide the hieroglyphics on the drawing of the stone.