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The Egyptian Book of the dead

Note 4 — Chapter LXVIII

P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation

M. Lefébure (Papyrus de Soutimès, p. 3, note 8) understands the passage as meaning “I seek the direction of the wind in order to avoid it.” But I am inclined to recognize a superstition still current among sailors, the “whistling for a breeze.”

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