C. How a Man Who is Tardy in Moving With His Feet
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C. How a Man Who is Tardy in Moving With His Feet

C. HOW A MAN WHO IS TARDY IN MOVING WITH HIS FEET.

When they would symbolise a man who is tardy in moving with his feet, they delineate A CAMEL 1; for this is the only animal which bends the thigh, whence it is called κάμηλος 2, a camel.


Footnotes

  1. 147:1

    It is a singular fact, that in a country like Egypt, where Camels must have been abundant, there is no known instance of a Camel among the existing sculptures, hieroglyphics, or paintings. Bonomi.

  2. 147:2

    κάμηρος, Al.

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