372 ON THE INDIAN, &C. 



plexion yellow like the Champaca, is sitting on a throfie 

 with a staff in his hand : he wears silk raiment and a 

 deer's skin. Such is the third figure of the ninth sign. 



28. [Saturn] A man, of a terrible aspect, with the 

 body of a hog, hairy, having tusks like a Macara *, 

 holds a yoke, a net, and fetters. He is first of Capri- 

 <;orn.. 



29. [Venus] In the middle of Macara is a womar> 

 skilled in musick, with eyes large like the petals of the 

 lotos, and with a dark complexion. She seeks various 

 things : she is decorated with jewels ; and wears metal - 

 lick ornaments in her ears. 



30. [Meecuryj a man, shaped like a C'lnnara -f-^ 

 clothed in a woolen cloth, and furnished with quiver, 

 bow, and armour, bears on his shoulder a jar adorned 

 with gems : he is last of the sign hlacara, 



31. [Tae Sun] The first of the jar (Aquarius) 

 is a man xvith the head of a vulture, clothed in silk and 

 v^earing an antolope's hide with a woolen cloth : hii 

 jnind is busied in obtaining oil, ardent spirits, water, 

 §nd food. 



32. [Mercury] In a burnt carriage, a woman clad 

 .in soiled apparel, bearing vessels on her head, is col- 

 lecting metals in a forest containing cotton trees. 



33. [VET^fus] A man of a dark complexion, with 

 hairy ears, adorned with a diadem, carries and tran- 

 sporis vases with articles of metal, and with bark, leaves, 

 gum, and fruit. He is last of Cumhha. 



• A sea raons'er. Perhaps the Narwhal may be iatended, 

 t A humau figure with the head of a horse. 



