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HAROLD’S DISCUSSIONS. 
Yirgo, the Yirgin, comes after Leo. She is rep¬ 
resented with her head toward the east, with folded 
wings, and bears an ear of corn in her left hand. 
Spica, in the ear of corn, is a star of the first mag¬ 
nitude, southeast of Arcturus. Yirgo is a long figure, 
extending 51 degrees east and west, south of Bootes 
and his dogs and the Great Dipj)er, and contains one 
hundred and one stars. She is on the meridian in 
June. Aratus thus speaks of her: 
“ Once on earth 
She made abode, and deigned to dwell with mortals. 
In those old times, never of men or dames 
She shunned the converse; but sat with the rest, 
Immortal as she was. They called her Justice. 
Gathering the elders in the public forum, 
Or in the open highway, earnestly 
She chanted forth laws for the general weal.” 
But when the age became degenerate, 
“ Justice then, hating that generation. 
Flew heavenward, and inhabited that spot 
Where now at night may still be seen the Virgin.” 
Libra, ‘Hhe Scales of Yirgo,” is next in order, 
four principal stars form an irregular four-sided 
figure. 
Between Scorpio and Hercules, but not in the 
zodiac, is the serpent-bearer, who holds a writhing 
serpent in his hands. The principal stars form a tri¬ 
angle. 
Then comes Scorpio, whose chief stars may be 
imagined in the form of a J. An tares, a fiery red star 
of the first magnitude, marks the heart; the tail may 
