Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1909 — The Lion’s Mouth. [ARTICLE]

The Lion’s Mouth.

The use of the lion’s mouth as the vent of a fountain is quite common, so much so that it cannot possibly be considered accidental. As a matter of fact, the custom came to us from the Egyptians, who adopted it because the annual inundation of the Nile takes place when the sun is in the constellation Leo, the Lion. The is too obvious to need pointing out