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CHAPTER VII. 
OF THE SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS. 
FiRsT, under Capricornus is the southern Fish looking to¬ 
wards the tail of the Whale. Between it and Sagittarius 
is a vacant space. The Altar is under the sting of 
Scorpio. The fore parts of the Centaur are near Libra 
and Scorpio, and he holds in his hand that constella¬ 
tion which astronomers call the Beast. Near Virgo, 
Led, and Cancer, the Snake stretches through a range 
of stars, and with its foldings encircles the region of 
Cancer, raising its snout towards Leo and on the middle 
of its body supporting the cup ; its tail extends towards 
the hand of Virgo, and upon that is the Crow; the 
stars on its back are all equally luminous. Under its 
belly, at the tail, is the Centaur. Near the cup and 
Leo is the ship Argo, whose prow is hidden, but the 
mast and parts about the steerage are clearly seen. The 
Ship and its poop touch the tip of the Dog's tail. The 
smaller Dog is behind the Twins at the head of the 
Snake, and the larger follows the smallér Dog. Orion 
lies transversely under, pressed on by the hoof of the 
Bull, holding a shield in his left hand and with the club in 
his right hand raised towards Gemini ; near his feet is 
the Dog at a short distance following the Hare. Below 
Aries and Pisces is the Whale, from whose top to the 
two Fishes a small train of stars, which the Greeks call 
ho, regularly extends, and this ligature of the 
Fishes twisting considerably inwards, at one part touches 
the top of the Whale. A river of stars, in the shape 
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