BOOK III . 59 Again , between Septentrio ( north wind ) and the Subsolanus ( east wind ) , the first to the right of Septentrio ( north wind ) is Gallicus ; then Supernas ; then Aquilo , which is the middle one of these five ; next comes Boreas ; and lastly Carbas , to the left of Subsolanus ( east… … North . by the Greeks Bopae and the Latins Aquilo is one and the same . For our purpose it is not only useful to adopt this large number of winds , but even to double it , as the German sailors do . They always reckon that between each two there is one in the centre taken from both . By this method…
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