' The water iii a- fei'-eaf' ihanv public, fountains, whether Afdr man* or toast.' comes out of a lion's mouth. Did you ever stop to think why a- lion x s bond" should he chosen m ■ prcferonca to nny" other' dc?f<rnY This is. siaid tb"ho th-e ! r?ason • Among the ancient Egyptians the rising of ths waters of th« river Nile wan th'e/niryt Irt'i-noHaiit event of th-ej yc.ir, as"* ft 'hV«ti't life and prosperity to the'\vhdl3 riallon. This rising of th^ 1 wators always took place wh e n th? sun' was : ;iu' the c.onsteilatioii of I.co'oi' ths liohi'so-'they adopted the slvipp of n lion as t'he ; •.symbol' for tho lifsgivinwaters 6f tiis Nile, A and all th'6ir foiihtains woro , carved with a lion's bend. The ffr'esks' and ■ Hothahs' 'HopiSd t h i^ symbol, and so it h'a*s come fl^WYi tn i>3-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12883, 2 October 1912, Page 10
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