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dryness. 7. And after these the winds towards the south come forth through three portals; firstly through the first portal of them, which inclines towards the east, there comes forth the wind of heat. 8. And from the middle portal, which is beside that one, there come forth a sweet incense and dew and rain and peace and life. 9. And through the third portal, which is towards the west, there come forth dew and rain and grasshoppers and destruction. 10. And after these northerly winds from the seventh portal, which is towards the east, inclining o the south, there come forth dew and rain, grasshoppers and destruction. 11. And out of he middle portal direct there come forth rain and dew and life and peace, and through the hird portal, which is towards the west, which inclines towards the north, there come forth og and hoar-frost and snow and rain and dew and grasshoppers. 12. And after these the winds which are towards the west: through the first portal, which inclines towards the north, here come forth dew and rain and grasshoppers and coldness and snow and frost. 13. And rom the middle portal there come forth dew and rain, peace and blessing, and through the last portal, which is towards the south, there come forth dryness and destruction, burning and death. 14. Thereby the twelve portals of the four portals [directions] of heaven are death. 14. Thereby the twelve portals of the four portals [directions] of heaven are completed, and all their laws and all their destructions and their virtues I have showed to you, my son Methuselah. CHAP. 77.—They call the first wind the eastern, because it is the first, and they call the second the southern because the Most High descends there, and especially does the Blessed One in eternity descend there. 2. And the name of the west wind is the diminishing, because there the luminaries of the heavens diminish and go down. 3. And the fourth wind, called the north, is divided into three parts, one of them is for the dwelling of men, the second for the seas of water and for the valleys and for the woods and for the streams and for the darkness and for the fog; and the third part with the garden of justice. 4. I saw seven high mountains, which were higher than all the mountains which are on the earth, and from them there comes hoar-frost; and days and times and years cease and depart. 5. I saw seven rivers on the earth, larger than all the rivers; one of them coming from the west empties its water into the great sea. 6. And two of them come from the north to the sea, and empty their water into the Erythraan sea in the east. 7. But the other four come from the side of then north over to the sea, two of them to the Erythrean sea, and two empty in the great sea; according to others, in the desert. 8.1 saw seven great islands in the sea and on the land: two on the land and five in the great sea. Cuap. 78.—The names of the sun are these: the first Orjarés, the second Tomas. 2. And the moon has four names: first AsOnja, the second Ebla, the third Ben4sé, the fourth Erde. 3. These are the two large luminaries; their circuit is like the circuit of heaven, and in size both are equal. 4. And in the circuit of the sun there is a seventh portion of light from which some is given to the moon, and according to a measure it is added till the seventh portion of the sun is ended. 5. And they set and enter the portals of the west, and go around by the north, and come out of the portals of the east on to the surface of the heavens. 6. And when the moon is raised she is seen in the heavens, having in herself the half of the seventh part of the light, and in fourteen days her light is completed. 7. Also three times five portions of