which, being in the Arabic character, run from right to left. ↑
226
See App. ccxliv. for an extract from a short treatise on this subject. ↑
227
The table is given in App. ccxlv. ↑
228
Vide p. 554, infra. ↑
229
Newbold, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 354. ↑
230
Ibid. p. 358. ↑
231
The names are given supra. Katib is another name for Mercury, and Venus is sometimes
known as Bintang Kajura and Bintang Babi; vide Kl., s.v. Bintang. ↑
232
Maxwell in J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 7, p. 21. ↑
233
Newbold, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 355. ↑
234
There is a treatise on the Bintang Dua-b’las, too long to give in full, of which a short extract
will be found in App. ccliv. ↑
235
The following names of constellations are taken from Klinkert, s.v. Bintang and elsewhere:
Bintang Mayang, the Virgin (lit. the Spathe of Palm-blossom).
Bintang Pari, the Southern Cross (lit. the Skate or Sting-ray).
Bintang B’lantek (C. and S.) i.e. the Spring-gun, or rather Spring-spear-trap (also called by its
Arabic name al-jubar), Orion.
Bintang Bidok, or Bintang Jong, the Great Bear (lit. the Boat or Junk).
Others bear more familiar names, e.g.:—
Bintang Utara or Kotub (?), the Pole-Star (lit. North Star).
Bintang Kala, the Scorpion.