380 Dr. Dorn's Description of an Arabic Celestial Globe. 



particular names for them, in conformity with their respective positions, 

 namely: Ji, the back, a; j'j-<, the loins, &; as*, the thigh, 7; andj^, 

 the rump, J. In the shoulder we find the star called ,_^^1 , the Pond. 

 At the commencement of the tail is the first bright star, denominated 

 ^y^\ Al-djoun, whence originated the word Alcor, in common use with our 

 astronomers. The large star in the middle of the tail, is jl:«ll , the Goat ; and 

 the little darker one close to it, \^\ Al-soha, the Forgotten, or Concealed. 

 Hariri says: Lj.«-i ^J^^. cir^''^^ ^^ cP^ cjKi^ X " How often diffi- 

 cult things resemble the Soha in abstruseness, but become suns by my 

 interpretation." Makama, 32. The last star at the extremity of the tail 

 is Jjliill Alcaid, the Governor, or Leader ; which has passed into the Spanish 

 language as Alcaide. These three stars are together called j_^ l::-"^ 

 Benat-nash, the daughters of the Bier. Under the tail of the Bear, we 

 may observe two stars, and with them their denomination ^^Y\ ^—-^-^ , tlie 

 tail of the Lion. 



3. ^Jjl (Hebr. V^.!^) The Dragon. 

 AfoKuv Draco. 



This constellation consists of thirty-one stars, but the globe furnishes only 

 five names. The star in the tongue ( a* ) has been represented by the Arabs 

 as resembling a person dancing, and is consequently called i^")^' the dancer ; 



which corresponds with the four stars in the head called, a.;1**^^ the players on 

 lutes ; for thus we read it, with Ulugh Beg and Sherif, in preference to i^y^ 

 which Ideler and Beigel believe to be more correct. In about the middle 

 of the body we behold two stars (f , «) situated close to each other, and each 



of them marked with the name '-_-.;jJI the wolf; another, at some distance 



from the last, towards the tail, is termed -t.:JJl the hyena. 



4. (^~.U-j Cepheus. 

 Untpm Cepheus. 



The name of this asterism is written distinctly enough not to read j^-jUJ 

 Cekeus, as we sometimes find it spelt. The star in the breast ( O 's called 

 h>^Ji\ the Fissure ; that on the right foot ^\Ji\ the Shepherd ; and that on the 

 left t_-l^ the Dog ; making together ^\)\ L_-is= the Shepherd's Dog. 



