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[indecipherable], Bou-scher, or [indecipherable]. which terms signify a fine large [boy?]: the great Osiris: a mighty famine. Ram signified any thing divine and noble. [indecipherable] - Ramas is the most high -- says a greek author. It was used as a title of the Deity; and is to be found in the Vedam, and in the Indie theology. Though mentioned by Grecians it was a term foreign to Greece. Oc, Ocha, Oga, may be found in Homer --[indecipherable]: but it was an oriental term for any thing great: & never in common acceptation among the Grecians. They called the ocean Oga, and Ogea. Rab also was a term of the same purport in the east as Ram and Oga; and often used as a title of honour.
The Egyptians had one God, and eight subordinate deities: the chief of which was [indecipherable] or Orus. It seems to have been by them pronounced Oro, and Ouro: and with the prefix Pi-Oro, and PhiOro. Some mention twelve subordinate Deities: but they were only titles taken from the twelve months in the Egyptian Calendar, to each of which months a sacred title was prefixed. The Gods of Egypt were never exibited in chariots, or any vehicle, but upon floats and ships; when they were described in motion.
You were pleased to mention to me a wonderfull circumstance concerning the people of Otahitee having a scred Ark, which was carried upon poles, adapted to that purpose. Something of this sort is to be