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 332 Coj-respondence.

There is also a paper by Blackman in, I think, Man^ in which he says that fox-skins are hung on the door of houses in Nubia when a child is born. He is the sole authority for this statement, which I have heard contradicted by other authorities.

iv. Set is probably of the dog-tribe. The earliest representations of the creature are of the ist dyn., but give no clue. In the tomb of Sekerkha-bau of the 3rd dyn., he is represented lying down as a dog lies, i.e. with the front paws stretched out. Set Nub is not the correct reading, it should be Set Nubt or Set Nttbti, Set of Nubt or Set the Nubtite ; Nubt being the name of a town, now called Ombos. Like all the early deities of Egypt, Set was originally a god of fertility and therefore of the sun. The ass was his sacred animal.

The Coirligheile Puzzle {Folk-Lore, vi. 159, 302).

This appears to be an ingenious puzzle to amuse children. I suppose that there is some mystic sense attached to it. If so, I shall be greatly obliged for an explanation of its meaning.

H. A. Freeman.

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