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the Tartarian cycle, the Tiger corresponds to 
Saggitarius, often indicated merely by an arrow. 
In the zodiac described by Mr. Hager, we find, 
beside the wolf, a marron dog, and Capricorn, 
or the Antelope-fish, an arrow, which represents 
the river Tygris. This analogy is merely acci- 
dental ; for the name of the river has nothing in 
common with that which the animal, the tiger, 
bears in the East. 
When we recollect, that the zodiac which 
contains a dog, a hare, and an ape, belongs ex- 
clusively to Eastern. Asia, and that it has pro- 
bably passed thence into America, we are sur- 
prised to see, that it was known at Rome in the 
first ages of our era, the period at which the 
planisphere of Bianchini was sculptured. The 
astrologers, or Chaldeans, established in Greece 
and in Italy, had no doubt communications with 
those of Asia ; and these communications must 
have become more frequent and extensive, in 
proportion as astrology was more in vogue 
among the people, and at the court of the Ceesars. 
Of eight signs, which are recognisable in the 
planisphere of Bianchini, there is only one, the 
Crab, which does not belong to the Tartar 
zodiac. The hare, which is found among the 
Thibetans and Mexicans, has the legs somewhat 
longer, but is sufficiently characterized by its 
place in the Scorpion. I am ignorant why Mr. 
Bailly took the dog, or wolf, for a hog, which 
