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be traced in a curve around tlie Milky Way. He is 
supposed to have stung Orion, and was placed in the 
opposite side of the heavens from him. 
Sagittarius, the Archer, represented as a centaur, 
east of Scorpio, stands aiming an arrow at him. The 
stars do not delineate any striking figure; however, 
five in it suggest a dipper, and being in the Milky 
Way it has been called the “Milk Dipper.” A 
small triangle indicates the head, and the rest of the 
stars may be seen in the form of a bow and arrow. 
Sagittarius was thought by the Greeks to be the cen¬ 
taur Cheiron, who had for his pupils the old Trojan 
warriors, Achilles, Diomed, and Peleus. 
East of Sagittarius is Capricornus, the Goat. 
This constellation contains no conspicuous stars. 
Five can be seen in the shape of a right angle. Cap¬ 
ricornus is the subject of several Greek fables of 
little consequence. 
Then in order is Aquarius, the Waterman, near 
the head of Pegasus. He is pictured as pouring a 
stream of water out of an urn in his right hand. 
Three stars in the head of Pegasus, forming a small 
arc, mark the urn, and the stream can be traced by a 
number of small stars. Four stars of the third and 
fourth magnitudes, in the body, form a trapezium. 
Pisces, the Fishes, formerly the twelfth in the 
zodiac but now the first, lies between Aquarius and 
the Ilarn. The eastern fish is south of Andromeda, 
and has no definite outline. 
Near the tail of the western fish is a point in the 
heavens where the ecliptic crosses the equator, called 
