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three Kings on his belt are among the most striking of all 

 the famous stars in our blue dome. And, having found 

 them, it is easy to trace the form of the Giant by the bright 

 stars, Betelgeuse (orange), in his right shoulder, and Bella- 

 trix in his left, Saiph in his right knee, and Rigel in his left 

 foot. In his left hand he shakes the lion skin to baffle the 

 bull while his right swings the mighty club that seems al- 

 ready to have landed on the bull's head, for the huge crea- 



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ture's face is spotted all over with star-groups called the 

 "Hyades." The wonderful red star, Aldebaran, is the Bull's 

 right eye and the Pleiades are the arrow wounds in the 

 Bull's shoulder. 



Serviss tells us that the Pleiades have a supposed 

 connection with the Great Pyramid, because "about 

 2170 B. C., when the beginning of spring coincided 

 with the culmination of the Pleiades at midnight, that 

 wonderful group of stars was visible just at midnight, 



