4/32 Animals with bristles were only sacrificed at the feasts of Osiris and Eileithyia. It is probable that Moses borrowed his prohibition of swine's flesh from the Egyptian laws with regard to unclean animals.] From words they were proceeding to deeds, but the police were not to be trifled with, and by a vigorous use of their staves, the tumult was soon stilled. The large, gay sails, easily to be distinguished among the brown, white and blue ones of the smaller Nile-boats which swarmed around them, came nearer and nearer to the expectant throng. Then at last the crown-prince and the dignitaries arose from their seats. |