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The cats on their decease are taken to the city of Bubastis, where
they are embalmed, after which they are buried in certain sacred
repositories. The dogs are interred in the cities to which they
belong, also in sacred burial-places. The same practice obtains with
respect to the ichneumons; the hawks and shrew-mice, on the
contrary, are conveyed to the city of Buto for burial, and the ibises
to Hermopolis. The bears, which are scarce in Egypt, and the
wolves, which are not much bigger than foxes, they bury wherever they
happen to find them lying.
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