enominated after the
Babylonish dialect Cutha, and Cuta; witness Calcutta, and Calecut. The
latter seems to have been the capital of the region called of old Colchis.
This was more truly expressed Cal-Chus; which Philostratus has mistaken for
[Greek: Chalkos], brass; and made the very [144]rocks and rivers abound
with that mineral. And yet, that the old mistake about gold may not be
omitted, he concludes with a strange antithesis, by saying, that the
natives esteemed their country Chrusitis, or golden, from the quantity of
[145]brass.

It has been my endeavour to prove that what the Grecians represented by
Chrusos, Chrusor, and Chrusaor, should have been expressed Chus, Chusos,
and Chusor, called also Chus-Orus. Chus was the son of Ham; and though the
names of the Grecian Deities are not uniformly appropriated, yet Ham is
generally looked upon as [Greek: Helios], the Sun; and had the title Dis,
and Dios: hence the city of Amon in Egypt was rendered Diospolis. If then
Chrusos, and Chrusor, be, as I have supposed, Chus; the person so
denominated must have been, according to the more antient mythology, the
son of Helius, and Dios. We find accordingly that it was so. The Scholiast
upon Pindar expressly says, [146][Greek: Dios pais ho Chrusos]. And in
another place he is said to have been the offspring of Helius, who was no
other than Cham. [147][Greek: Ek theias kai Huperionos Helios, ek de Heliou
ho Chrusos.] Magic and incantations are attributed to Chus, as the
inventor; and they were certainly first practised among his sons: hence it
is said by Sanchoniathon, [148][Greek: Ton Chrusor logous askesai kai
epoidas, kai manteias]. He was however esteemed a great benefactor; and
many salutary inventions were ascribed to him. He had particularly the
credit of being the first who ventured upon the seas: [149][Greek: Proton
te panton anthropon pleusai]. Whether this can be said truly of Chus
himself, is uncertain: it agrees full well with the history of his sons;
who, as we have the greatest reason to be assured, were the first great
navigators in the world.

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OF

CANAAN, CNAAN,

AND

[Greek: CHNAS];

AND OF THE

DERIVATIVE [Greek: KUKNOS].

Lucian tells us, that, reflecting upon the account given of Phaethon, who
fell thunderstruck into the Eridanus, and of his sisters, who were changed
to poplars weeping amber, he took a resolution, if he should ever be near
the scene of t