Closely associated with the Dragon both in mythology and in the celestial sphere is Hercules. He is always drawn kneeling; in fact, the constellation is rather a man in a kneeling posture than any particular man. The poets called it Engonasis with reference to this, which is too melancholy or lowly a position than would agree well with the valiant hero of mythology. There is a story related by AEschylus about the stones in the Champ des Cailloux, between Marseilles and the embouchure of the Rhone, to the effect that Hercules, being amongst the Ligurians, found it necessary to fight with them; but he had no more missiles to throw; when Jupiter, touched by the danger of his son, sent a rain of round stones, with which Hercules repulsed his enemies. The Engonasis is thus considered by some to represent him bending down to pick up the stones. Posidonius remarks that it was a pity Jupiter did not rain the stones on the Ligurians at once, without giving Hercules the trouble to pick them up. Ophiucus, which comes close by, simply means the man that holds the serpent [Greek: ophi-ouchos]. It is obviously impossible to know the origins of all the names, as those we now use are only the surviving ones of several that from time to time have been applied to the various constellations according to their temporary association with the local legends. The prominent ones are favoured with quite a crowd of names. We need only cite a few. Hercules, for instance, has been called [Greek: Okalzon Korynetes], Engonasis, Ingeniculus, Nessus, Thamyris, Desanes, Maceris, Almannus, Al-chete, &c. The Swan has the names of [Greek: Kyknos], [Greek: Iktin], [Greek: Ornis], Olar, Helenae genitor, Ales Jovis, Ledaeus, Milvus, Gallina, The Cross, while the Coachman has been [Greek: Ippilates], [Greek: Elastippos], [Greek: Airoelates], [Greek: Eniochos], Auriga, Acator, Hemochus, Erichthonus, Mamsek, Alanat, Athaiot, Alatod, &c. With respect to the Coachman, in some old maps he is drawn with a whip in his left hand turned towards the chariot, and is called the charioteer. No doubt its proximity to the former constellation has acquired for it its name. The last we need mention, as of any celebrity, is that of Orion, which is situated on the equator, which runs exactly through its midst. Regel forms its left foot, and the Hare serves for a footstool to the right foot of the hero. Three magnificent stars in the centre of the quadrilateral, which lie in one straight line are called the Rake, or the Three Kings, or the Staff of Jacob, or the Belt. These names have an obvious origin; but the meaning of Orion itself is more doubtful. In the Grecian sphere it is written [Greek: Orion], which also means a kind of bird. The allied word [Greek: oros] has very numerous meanings, the only one of which that could be conjectured to be connected with the constellations is a "guardian." The word [Greek: horion], on the contrary, the diminutive of [Greek: horos], means a limit, and has been