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mfanbling veftals in their habit, excepting that all

their heads were uncovered, and thole of two of
them were adorned with vitro, or filets. Leidy, a
young man of a frnall flee, cloathed, with his arms
fornewhat extended.
Time tansies but OM LOOM figure to be taken
notim of in this colledion, viz, that of Scapa,
with Caberot at his right hand. Ancient writas (2 1)
enable us to account for this apporance, by inform-
ing us, that Serapis (befides his other chiliadal of
La:Wapitis, Sol, Ofiris, and Jupiter) was accounted
the fame as Dia Pater, or Pluto. Upan this hypo-
thelis none can doubt of the propriety of CerberusS
attendirig upon this deity in the figure before us, as
well as in three alias Oven us by Momfaucon (la).
If we dans to enter into the myllical rat(on of
this reprefentation, we may learn it from Porphyry.
viz. that Serapis (23), being the fame IS Pluto, had
dominion Aear the evil demons and that tholi be-
ings were flgured by a dog with three heads ; mean-
ing the dzmon fubfilling in the three elements of
In., earth, and air.
Give me leave to add further, that I find, by my
journal, that upon viewing this figure, I took notice
of a diflimilitude in the heads of it but as it did

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