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 3. Two naked infants; the arm of one around the loins of the other. In rising their feet first appear above the horizon. The star in the head of Pollux is of the first magnitude. These stars were considered. propitious to sailors.

4. The head of the Crab is turned to the east. In this constellation there is a small bright nebula called by the ancients, Præsepe, the manger; and on each side of this nebula to the north and south a small star. These two stars were called, Aselli, the Asses. The Phatne consists of five small stars, and the Onoi are scarelyscarcely [sic] perceptible to the naked eye, but they were considered by the ancients of great importance in their prognostications of the weather.

5. The conspicuous star  lies in the heart of Leo, and  at the extremity of his tail.

6. An angelic figure with wings, bearing in her left hand a spike of corn. On which is the bright star. A cluster of small stars, which were originally in Virgo, according to some in Leo, now forms another constellation,.

7. . The foreclaws of Scorpio.

8. On the sphere of Eudoxus the foreclaws of the Scorpion constitute the seventh sign of the Zodiac, and the remaining portion of Scorpio the eighth. Hence Aratus desig-