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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. Excerpt:...in a chapel with open doors, the holy gods who are in Hades; above stretches a long serpent. A basin from which rise the busts of twelve personages in sheaths, the gods who are in the basin of fire; before each of them an enormous ear of corn. C. The bark of Ra drawn by the four infernal ones towards a kind of long, straight beam, with a bull's head at either end. This object, called his bark, is borne upon the shoulders of eight mummies standing upright, the bearers; upon the beam seven mummies are seated, the gods who are within, and a bull is near each bull's head. The cord of the solar bark is attached to each of these heads, and is further held back by the four infernal ones, marching towards four opposite personages, whose elbows protrude under the garments in which they are enveloped. D. Turn leaning upon a stick opposite to the serpent Apap, together with nine personages called 1 Cf. Champollion, Notices, Vol. I., p. 798. 1 Cf. Champollion, Notices, Vol. I., p. 438; Vol. II., p. 492. the divine chiefs who repulse Apap. Turn in the same position, opposite nine gods with sceptres, the masters of things. LEGENDS.' B. Those who are in their chapels, the divine members whose chapels the serpent guards. Ra says to them: Opening to your chapels! My rays shall come in your darkness, you whom I found mourning, with your chapels closed upon you! Breath is given to your nostrils: I decree your favours for you. They say to Ra: O Ra! Come according to our wish. The great god, he does not perish who is in his presence or his train, and the great salute him. Ra rejoices in getting back to the earth; the great god rises into the retreat. Their food is (composed) of bread, their drink of liquor feser, their refreshment is water. The flame which is there is given to them...