Chapter LXVIII., which gives him mastery over every-

thing which is in the underworld, and enables him to journey about among the living; Chapters LXIX., LXX., and LXXI., wherein he identifies himself with Osiris, Sah (Orion), Anubis, Horus, and Tem, and declares his power over the winds of heaven; Chapter LXXIL., which enables him to “come forth by day in all the forms which he pleaseth to take,” and to enter into an abode in the Elysian Fields, where he shall be
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amply provided with wheat and barley; and Chapter CLXXX., which enables him to go about in the under- world with freedom of movement and to perform all the transformations of a “ living soul.”
An important group of Chapters referring to the transformations which a man may undergo, if he pleases, in the underworld, is introduced by Chapter LXXVI., wherein the deceased declares that he has been led unto the “ House of the King” by the mantis, the so-called ‘“‘ praying insect.” These Chapters enable him to transform himself into a hawk of gold (Chap. LXXVILI.), into a divine hawk (Chap. LX XVIIL.), into the Governor of the divine sovereign princes (Chap. LXXIX.), into the god who giveth light in the dark- ness (Chap. LXXX.), into a lotus (Chaps. LXXXIa. and LXXXIB.), into the god Ptah and into a living being in Annu (Chap. LXXXIL), into a Bennw (phoenix?) (Chap. LXXXIII.), into a heron (Chap. LXXXTIV.), into a living soul (Chap. LXXXYV.), into a swallow (Chap. LXXXVI.), into the serpent Sata (Chap. LXXXVIL.), and into a crocodile (Chap. LXXXVIIL.).
A considerable number of Chapters refer, as we should naturally expect, to the preservation of the body of the deceased in the tomb, and several were expressly written to give him power to resist the at- tacks of enemies, and to obtain meat, and drink, and the power of motion in the underworld. Thus Chap- ter I., which is proved by its title and vignette to refer to the ceremonies which took place on the day
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of the funeral, provides for the burial of the body in the proper way so that “the deceased may go in after coming forth”; and Chapters VIII., IX., XI., XII, Ri eS LVS LX Vile CVITSOXVILKS CXIXS CXXII., CLXI, and CLXXX. enable him to make his way in the underworld without let or hindrance and to overcome his enemies. The deceased wished to pro- tect himself by means of magical formulae; Chapter