2. The second is called the south, because the Most High there descends,
and frequently there descends _he who_ is blessed for ever.
3. The western wind has the name of diminution, because there all the
luminaries of heaven are diminished, and descend.
4. The fourth wind, which is named the north, is divided into three
parts; one of which is for the habitation of man; another for seas of
water, with valleys, woods, rivers, shady places, and snow; and the
third part _contains_ paradise.
5. Seven high mountains I beheld, higher than all the mountains of the
earth, from which frost proceeds; while days, seasons, and years depart
and pass away.
6. Seven rivers I beheld upon earth, greater than all rivers, one of
which takes its course from the west; into a great sea its water flows.
7. Two come from the north to the sea, their waters flowing into the
Erythræan sea, on the east. And with respect to the remaining four, they
take their course in the cavity of the north, _two_ to their sea, the
Erythræan sea, and two are poured into a great sea, where also it is
said _there is_ a desert.
8. Seven great islands I saw in the sea and on the earth. Seven in the
great sea.