CHAPTER LXXVI.

_Chapter whereby all forms are assumed which one pleaseth._ I have made my way into the Royal Palace, and it was the Bird-Fly(1.) who brought me hither. Hail to thee, who fliest up to Heaven, to give light to the stars and protect the White Crown which falleth to me. Stable art thou, O mighty god, for ever. Make thou for me a path upon which I may pursue my course. NOTE., 1. _The Bird-Fly_, ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. On this god, see _Proc. Soc. Bibl. Arch._, 1892, p. 396 and following, and also 1893, p. 135 and following. In the papyrus of Nebseni the name has for determinative an insect, which M. Lefébure has identified with the _mantis_. This deity, according to ancient texts, was the _Tiller of the Rudder_ of the Neshemit ship of Osiris. ------------------------------------