3. Gemini. The Twins, Castor and Pollux. 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. Cancer. The Crab. The head of the Crab is turned to the east. In this constellation there is a small bright nebula called by the ancients Φάτνη, Præsepe, the manger; and on each side of this nebula to the north and south a small star. These two stars were called Ὄνοι, Aselli, the Asses. The Phatne consists of five small stars, and the Onoi are scarely perceptible to the naked eye, but they were considered by the ancients of great importance in their prognostications of the weather.
5. Leo. The Lion. The conspicuous star Regulus lies in the heart of Leo, and Denebola at the extremity of his tail.
6. Virgo. Erygone. The Virgin. An angelic figure with wings, bearing in her left hand a spike of corn. On which is the bright star Spica. A cluster of small stars, which were originally in Virgo, according to some in Leo, now forms another constellation, Coma Berenices.
7. Chelæ, The Claws. The foreclaws of Scorpio.
8. Scorpio, The Scorpion. 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-
