(16) That is, the Little Bear, by which the Phoenicians steered,

while the Greeks steered by the Great Bear. (See Sir G.

Lewis's "Astronomy of the Ancients", p. 447.) In Book VI.,

line 193, the pilot declares that he steers by the pole star

itself, which is much nearer to the Little than to the Great

Bear, and is (I believe) reckoned as one of the stars

forming the group known by that name. He may have been a

(17) He did not in fact reach the Ganges, as is well known.

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