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(S.S.E.) in the space between winter sunrise (S.E.) 

 and midday (S.), and also between Libs (S.W.) and 

 Notus (S.) the combination of the two, Libonotus 

 (S.S.W.), midway between midday (S.) and winter 

 sunset (S.W.). Nor is this the end, inasmuch as 

 others have also added one named Meses betAveen 

 Boreas (N.E.) and Caecias (E.N.E.), and Euronotus 

 between Eurus (S.E.) and Notus (S.). There are 

 also certain winds pecuUar to particular races, which 

 do not go outside a special region, e.g. the Athenians 

 have Sciron, slightly diverging from Argestes (N.W.), 

 a name unknown to the rest of Greece — elsewhere 

 the same breeze is called Olympias : customarily 

 all these names are taken to denote Argestes. 

 Some people call Caecias (E.N.E.) Hellespontias, 

 and others have other variants for these names. 

 Similarly in the province of Narbonne the most 

 famous of the winds is Circius (W.N.W.), which is 

 inferior to none other at all in force and which usually 

 carries a vessel right across the Ligurian Sea to 

 Ostia ; the same wind is not only unknown in the 

 remaining quarters of the sky, but it does not even 

 touch Vienne, a city of the same province, a few 

 miles before reaching which this mighty wind is 

 checked by the obstacle of a moderate ridge of hills. 

 Fabianus asserts that South winds also do not pene- 

 trate Egypt — which reveals the law of nature that 

 even winds have their prescribed Hmits as well as 

 seasons. 



XLVII. Accordingly the spring opens the seas Seasons oj 

 to voyagers ; at its beginning the West winds soften 

 the wintry heaven, when the sun occupies the 25th 

 degree of Aquarius ; the date of this is Feb. 8. 

 This also practically appUes to aU the winds whose 



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