conventional Egyptian representation of the burning
of incense and the pouring of libations 2

Fig. 2.--Water-colour sketch by Mrs. Cecil Firth, representing a
restoration of the early mummy found at Medum by Professor
Flinders Petrie, now in the Museum of the Royal College of
Surgeons in London 16

Fig. 3.--A mould taken from a life-mask found in the Pyramid of Teta
by Mr. Quibell 17

Fig. 4.--Portrait statue of an Egyptian lady of the Pyramid Age 18

Fig. 5.--Statue of an Egyptian noble of the Pyramid Age to show the
technical skill in the representation of life-like eyes 52

Fig. 6.--Representation of the ancient Mexican worship of the Sun 70

Fig. 7.--A mediaeval picture of a Chinese Dragon upon its cloud
(after the late Professor W. Anderson) 80

Fig. 8.--A Chinese Dragon (after de Groot) 80

Fig. 9.--Dragon from the Ishtar Gate of Babylon 81

Fig. 10.--Babylonian Weather God 81

Fig. 11.--Reproduction of a picture in the Maya Codex Troano
representing the Rain-god _Chac_ treading upon the Serpent's
head, which is interposed between the earth and the rain the
god is pouring out of a bowl. A Rain-goddess stands upon the
Serpent's tail 84

Fig. 12.--Another representation of the elephant-headed Rain-god. He
is holding thunderbolts, conventionalized in a hund-like form.
The serpent is converted into a sac, holding up the
rain-waters. 84

Fig. 13.--A page (the 36th) of the Dresden Maya Codex. 86

Fig. 14.--A. The so-called "sea-goat" of Babylonia, a creature
compounded of the antelope and fish of Ea.--B. The "sea-goat"
as the vehicle of Ea or Marduk.--C to K--a series of varieties
of the _makara_ from the Buddhist Rails at Buddha Gaya and
Mathura, circa 70 B.C.--70 A.D., after Cunningham
("Archaeological Survey of India," Vol. III, 1873, Plates IX and
XXIX).--L. The _makara_ as the vehicle of Varuna, after Sir
George Birdwood. It is not difficult to understand how, in the
course of the easterly diffusion of culture, such a picture