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Gynaeologie, Vol. II. p. 337. The worship of the Lingam is reported among the Druses by Buckingham, “Travels among the Arab Tribes inhabiting the Countries east of Syria and Palestine, etc.” London 1825. p. 394. On the worship of Gopalsami, a god of a similar character to Priapus worshipped in the neighbourhood of Jagrenat, and the licentious representations customary at his festival, even including representations of unnatural lusts, compare Hamilton, “A New Account of the East Indies.” Edinburgh 1727. 8vo. pp. 378 sqq.—Moore, C., “Narrative of the Operations of Capt. Little’s Detachment, and of the Mahratta Army.” London 1794. 4to., p. 45.—There were similar representations in several temples of Mexico. Kircher, Oedipus Aegypt., I. sect. 5. p. 422.—J. de Laet, “Beschryvinge van West-Indien,” (Descriptions of the West Indies). Leyden 1630. fol., Bk. VI. ch. 5. p. 284.