ANASTASI IV. 197

300 years after the time of Moses. Strange re-
sult, I say, that the dots and scratches from the
pen of Enna should ratify the authenticity of the
mission of the Spondist; that out of the mouth of
such a babe and suckling such strength should
be ordained; and that such an unravelment of
opinion, such a satisfactory issue out of difficulty,
should suddenly become possible and honourable
If only our heathenism be given up, we all find
ourselves Christians.

. Not a single line of the second page remains
entire. The subject appears to be connected with
a procession of fishermen and others to Gai(E,ehob),
a place within Egypt: a general similarity there-
fore to the opening of Anastasi III., may be
observed.

In the next page, another paragraph begins, of
which five lines are nearly complete. After the
experience we have had, we trace at once here the
character of the " common place "; namely, inor-
dinately strong similes, describing the supposed
effect on the reader, when he takes up the papyrus,
or hears it chaunted :—

When I tell thee, I've got the book, thou wilt get

on thy legs;
I've got the book, thou strainest thy legs
Like a horse drawing a pleasure carriage ;
Thy heart leaps in thee like dicky-birds ;
Thy ears are pricked up like a donkey who gets a

rap;
Thou art like a trumpeter on the journey,