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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
is seen only in the winter, because, during the summer, 
he passes over during daytime. Thus he is still the 
hunter's constellation. The three stars of his belt are 
called the “Three Kings.” 
Sirius, the Great Dog-star, is in the head of Orion's 
Hound, the constellation Canis Major , and following 
farther back is the Little Dog-star, Procyon, the chief 
star of the constellation Canis Minor. 
In old charts of the stars, Orion is shown with his 
hounds, hunting the bull, Taurus. This constellation is 
recognizable by this diagram ; the red star, Aldebaran, be- 
ing the angry right eye of the Bull. His face is covered 
with a cluster of little stars called the Hyades, and on 
his shoulder are the seven stars, called Pleiades . 
PLEIADES 
Pleiades (Ply-a-des) can be seen in winter as a cluster 
of small stars between Aldebaran and Algol, or, a line 
drawn from the back bottom, through the front rim of 
the Big Dipper, about two Dipper lengths, touches this 
little group. They are not far from Aldebaran, being 
in the right shoulder of the Bull. They may be con- 
sidered the seven arrow wounds made by Orion. 
Serviss tells up that the Pleiades have a supposed con- 
nection with the Great Pyramid, because “about 2170 
b. c., when the beginning of spring coincided with the 
culmination of the Pleiades at midnight, that wonderful 
group of stars was visible just at midnight, through the 
mysterious southward-pointing passage of the Pyramid. 
Cassiopeia 
On the opposite side of the Polar-star from the Big 
Dipper and nearly as far from it, is a W of five bright 
stars. This is called the Cassiopeia 3 s Chair. It is easily 
found and visible the year round on clear nights. 
Thus we have described ten constellations from which 
