theory-monger

Updated: May 24, 2025

How significant it is that among the emblems of royalty in the East the three chiefest are an umbrella-bearer, two men who stand behind and swing great punkahs modelled on the elephant's ear, and two others carrying yak's tails wherewith to scare the flies from the royal person! The elephant is a rajah! There is another mysterious ear which is a stumbling-block to the simple theory-monger.

Edward Hamilton Aitken - Concerning Animals and Other Matters