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ἄρκτους. The bear only appears on the monuments as a present from foreign nations. As, however, it certainly was found in North Africa, Sayce is not justified in saying ‘it did not exist in Egypt’, still less in gratuitously suspecting H. of confusing it with the hyena. A ‘bear’ of the archaic period is figured in B. M. G. (p. 86).

H. is right that the Egyptian wolf is much smaller than the European variety.

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