THE CONSTELLATIONS. 
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Between Perseus and the Great Bear, but still 
farther from the pole, are the two constellations Au¬ 
riga (charioteer) and the Ljnx, the former being 
nearer to Perseus. He is represented as having a 
goat and kids in his left hand and a bridle-rein in his 
Fig. 77.—North polar constellations. 
right. The principal stars form an irregular five¬ 
sided figure—a “ house-kite.” A first magnitude star, 
Capella, is in the goat. Hear by are the kids, shown 
by a small triangle. 
