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Empedocles, ſpeaking of ſacrifice in the earlier ages of the world, ſays,
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Vide Porphyr. de Abſtin. Lib. II. par. 21.
"The firſt introduction of animal food among the Phoenicians, aroſe from the following incident as related by Neanthes Cyzicenus and Aſclepiades Cyprius. In the beginning no animal was ſacrificed tothe
