Bats. The Egyptians adored all sorts of animals. (Herodotus ii. 65.) --- \'c6gyptus portenta colat. (Juvenal xv.) --- Omnigenumque Deum monstra. (Virgil, \'c6neid viii.) --- The mole was much esteemed by magicians, who promised any the art of divination and success, who should eat the heart of one still warm. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xxx. 3.) The Israelites were always ready to embrace such superstitious practices. (Calmet)

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