their approach to the western horizon seem to have been thought much more favourable. "Tempt not the winds," said Callimachus "Forewarned of dangers nigh, When the Kids glitter in the western sky." Capella, the chief brilliant of this constellation, is one of the brightest stars in the northern heavens. According to some astronomers this star shares with Arcturus and Vega the claim to be regarded as actually the brightest, though there can be no doubt that Arcturus surpasses both Capella and Vega in lustre. |