IV. How A Month

IV. HOW A MONTH.

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To represent a month they delineate a PALM BRANCH, or, the MOON INVERTED.

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[paragraph continues] A palm branch for the reason before mentioned respecting the palm tree; and the moon inverted, because they say, that, in its increase, when it has come to fifteen degrees, 1 it appears in figure with its horns erect; and in its decrease, after having completed the number of thirty days, 2 it sets with its horns inverted.