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rom view. Hence itsdimness was regarded by the ancients as an infalliblesign of coming storm. Aratus, who, besides his astro-nomical poem, wrote another on weather prognostics,gives the following rules: A murky manger with both stars Shining unaltered, is a sign of rain. If while the northern ass… … LEO, THE LION The lion huge, whose tawny hideAnd grinning jaws extended wide,He oer his shoulders threw. WooDHULL— Translation from Euripides. Leo represents the Nemiean lion, the fight withwhich formed tlie first of the celebrated labors ofHercules. It was also considered an emblem of heat,being…
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