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Caussinus, Nicolas, De Symbolica AEgyptiorum Sapentia. Caussinus,
Polyhistor Symbolicus.
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Hutchins' Dorset, 2nd Edition, 1803, Vol. II. Horsley's Britannia
Romana, The Map which faces page 1.
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