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, is in the Northern sky and in the _Great Stream_ ⁂⁂⁂, by which I understand the “Milky Way.” This position is also in accordance with the ancient text on the Coffin of Amamu, pl. XXVI, line 22. The _Leg_ is as close to the Pole as the Great Bear (called the _Thigh_ in Egyptian Astronomy) but in the opposite direction, and in consequence of this position it never sets below the horizon. Hence in the Pyramid Texts (Pepi I, 411 and Merenrā 589) it is called ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. And here, according to these texts, as in the Book of the Dead (see