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, which does not mean ‘squat’ or ‘sit,’ but ‘stretch out,’ distendi. Cf. [Note 6], Chapter 63B.

The ‘house of the god of the gaping mouth,’ seems to be the Earth, considered as the universal tomb (ἀλλ’ αὐτοῦ γαῖα μέλαινα πᾶσι χάνοι, Il. 14, 417). And here Osiris and Rā (the Ass and the Cat) meet daily, ‘Yesterday’ speaketh to ‘To-day.’

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[36.] Verdict,