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tions. The Mexican ape, ozoniatli^ answers to 
the heou of the Chinese to the petchi of the 
Mantchous, and to the prehou of the people of 
Thibet ; three names that denote the same ani- 
mal. Procyon appears to be the ape hanuan 
so well known in the mythology of the Hindoos ; 
and the position of this star, placed on the same 
line with the Twins and the pole of the ecliptic, 
corresponds very well with the place which the 
ape holds in the Tartar zodiac, between the Crab 
and the Bull. Apes are found also in the sky of 
the Arabians ; they are stars in the constellation 
of the great dog, called El-kurid in the cata- 
logue of Kazwini. I enter into these details re- 
specting the sign ozomatli^ because an animal of 
the torrid zone, placed among the constellations 
of the Mongul, Mantchou, Azteck, and Tolteck 
nations, is a very important point, not only in 
the history of astronomy^ but also in that of the 
migrations of nations. 
The sign dog, answers to the last 
sign but one of the Tartar zodiac, to the hy of the 
Thibetans, to the nokcii of the Mantchous, and 
to the in of the Japanese^ P. Gaubil informs 
us, that the dog of the Tartar zodiac is our do- 
decatemorion of the Ram ; and it is very re- 
* Deguignes, Hist, des Huns, Tom. 1, p. 47. 
+ Dupuis, Origine des Cultes, Tom. 3, p. 363. 
X Ideler, Steninamen, p. 238, 248, 413. 
