BOOK III. 



59 



Again, between Septentrio (north wind) and the Svihsolanus (east wind), the 

 first to the right of Septentrio (north wind) is Gallicus ; then Supernas ; then 

 Aquilo, which is the middle one of these five ; next comes Boreas ; and 

 lastly Carbas, to the left of Subsolanus (east wind). Here again, those who 

 do not consider the winds to be in so great a multitude, but say there are 

 but twelve winds in all, or at the most fourteen, assert that the wind called 



South. 



North. 



by the Greeks Boptag and the Latins Aquilo is one and the same. For our 

 purpose it is not only useful to adopt this large number of winds, but even 

 to double it, as the German sailors do. They always reckon that between 

 each two there is one in the centre taken from both. By this method we 



