Show Why Hot Su Summer mer Season I Is Known as Dog Days Dog da days s 's comI comprise the hot ho suit sultry l' l season of summer during parts of July Tuly I and August so culled from fron the fact fn fact t I that the rising of the dog star Sirius I the brightest star in III the Heavens is j I 1 coincident with ith the thc rising of the sun SUII I The ancients thought this conjunction I j caused the intense heat hent of summer stunner I and the maladies n which then pt pru- pru aI a- a I j II I j I hence d hence the popular In l' l supposition I that dogs are ore likely to go mad mud at nt this j jj I j season It was h by mere lUcre accident that the rising of the star coincided with I I the hottest season sr of the year In time the times and countries of the old astron astron- I omers Its rising depends on the latitude mall lati tude of the place and Is later Inter and later every year ear in all nil latitudes owing to 10 precession In time the star zany may ma rise in the dead of winter Obviously there 1 is variation in the thc limits of lit the do doda dog da days s 's nit although hough they arc usually counted counted counted count count- ed from flom Jul July 8 3 to August 11 tint that that is 20 days das before and 20 O 0 cla days s 's after th the the- rising In unison of the dog star and I the he sun The rhe date te given by hy Rote Roge- Lang as ns the beginning of dog da days s 's in ul about 73 A. A I n. n Is July tuly 14 11 |