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mere than ordinary to have called for special corn.men*. In his Look of Piaie~, Belzoni shows a COIOUT~drawing of the recognised figure of Osiris, which hecopied from the life-size paintings on the walls in oneof the tombs of the kings at Thebes (Plate V). Theface and hands 0.1 this figure are jet black. Wilkinson,also, in his 6th volume, shows a figure ol Oairis whichhas the features oli the negro ; and it is significant thatthis negro-figure of Osiris is clothed in a le~pard'sskin. Professor C. Piazzi Smyth draws attention tothe unmistakable negro features of the great Sphinxnear the Pyramids of Gizeh, which idol is pronouncedto be a representation of Horus, the son of Osiris andIsis. Horus, however, is only another form of Osiris.This, then, is further identification of Osiris withNimrod, for Nimrod was black, being the son of Cush,whose name signifies " black." Ham, also, was black ;he is the father of all the black races.The Ethiopians were very black, and this peoplewere descendants of Cush. Eusebius :ays :" Chas washe from whom came the Ethiopians (Chronicon, V01.ii, p. 109). Josephus says the same. In the original ofJer. 13 :'23, the word " Ethiopian reads " Cushitelw-Can the Cushite change his skin, or the leopard hisspots? See also Gen. 2 : 13, margin.Himrod'e Death the Foundational Theme ofHeathen Religlon8.There are many more proofs of the identification ofthe Egyptian god Osiris with the Babylonian Nimrod,but those we have mentioned will suffice for ourpresent purpose, namely, to gain information as to themanner of Nimrod's death; for the account of thedeath of Osiris is well known. Osiris met with &violent death, and that vio!en.t death of Osiri~ wsa tho