Note 3 — Chapter XXXII
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
The sense of this myth is obvious. Every star which sets is supposed to be swallowed by the Crocodile of the West. It was stated in note 3 to chapter 15 that the are stars.[50] Besides the the stars which set and the the circumpolar stars, whose navigation ⲥⲱⲕ is continuous, there are the whose name is very significant. and have the sense of turning back,[51] and the only stars whose apparent motion is ever retrograde are the planets.
