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Again, to induce iEneas to delay his departure, Dido’s 
sister advises her to 
“Tell him, that, charged with deluges of rain, 
Orion rages on the wintry main.” 
Directly below Orion, and comprising a space about fif¬ 
teen degrees square, is the constellation Depus, the Hare. 
There is no prominent group by which it can be located, 
for the brightest stars are only of the third magnitude. Of 
these there are four that are from about two to four degrees 
apart, forming a trapezium that can be.seen distinctly only 
when the sky is clear. 
Immediately below Depus, and comprising the space be¬ 
tween that group and the horizon, is the constellation Col- 
umba, Noah’s Dove. It contains ten stars, only one of 
which is of the second magnitude, and can seldom be seen 
in the latitude of Manchester. 
Immediately west of Depus and that portion of Orion 
below the equator, is a large region of faint stars extending 
westward about thirty degrees and nearly to the horizon, 
being narrowed in the middle to about fifteen degrees. 
This is the constellation Eridanus, the River Po. The 
lower portion extends considerably farther to the westward, 
until it vanishes below the horizon. It is of quite irregu¬ 
lar shape, and it is not easy to trace all its windings among 
the other stars. In all there are eighty-four stars in this 
constellation, only one of which is of the first magnitude. 
The name of this star is Achernar, and is situated at the 
extreme southern end of the stream, being only about thir¬ 
ty degrees distant from the south celestial pole, and, con¬ 
sequently, never visible in this latitude. It has also one 
star of the second magnitude, Beta, situated about four or 
five degrees above, and a little to the west of, Rigel. In 
some maps this star is represented as forming a part of 
Orion, being situated on the shinbone near the knee. 
Turning now eastward from Orion and fixing the gaze 
at an altitude of about thirty degrees, one can see the 
