St Nicholas [serial] . llinstars known as the November meteors, radates always from this part of the heavenThe constellation of the Lion has been greatreduced from its former noble dimensionThe figure shows how it is now presentedour charts; but if you look at the heavenyou will see nothing in the least degree rsembling a lion. Still, if you allow ycsurvey to range over a much larger spacyou will see a very fine lion, his head lyion Cancer, his mane reaching to Leo Minehis fore-paws on the Sea-serpents head, Ihinder paws on the two bright stars, sho\in the figure (behind his hind-paws), whirea
St Nicholas [serial] . llinstars known as the November meteors, radates always from this part of the heavenThe constellation of the Lion has been greatreduced from its former noble dimensionThe figure shows how it is now presentedour charts; but if you look at the heavenyou will see nothing in the least degree rsembling a lion. Still, if you allow ycsurvey to range over a much larger spacyou will see a very fine lion, his head lyion Cancer, his mane reaching to Leo Minehis fore-paws on the Sea-serpents head, Ihinder paws on the two bright stars, sho\in the figure (behind his hind-paws), whireally belong to the Virgin, and his tail well repisented by the constellation Coma Berenices Hair (shown in the figure, but rin the southern map). That this was formerly treal extent of the constellation, is shown by the fimat the star-cluster forming the knot of CoiBerenices is still called by Arabians the Lions Taand there are vague traditions showing that Lformerlv extended to the constellation The Lesser Lion is one of Heveliuss abconstellations. It occupies a space betweenGreat Bear and the Lion, which might have 177-i GOOD-WILL. 3§9 ividcd quite readily between these two constella-ons. Sextans is another idle addition to the con-ellation figures. It is so called, apparently, not;cause there are any stars, even small ones,rming a shape like a sextant, but because over a space not unlike a sextant there are none butvery small stars. Antlia, short for Antlia Pneumatica, the Air-pump, occupies another desert region. It was in-vented by Lacaille. GOOD-WILL. By J. T. Trowbridge. In one of my walks, the other day, I saw twoys of my acquaintance, whom I shall call Orsoni Robin, playing a game of barn-ball. I sup-ie every country boy knows what that is. The1 is thrown against the unclapboarded side of an, or any other suitable building, and as it re-mds, the thrower, who stands behind the knocker,s to catch him out. Of course, there mustno windows to knock
Size: 1521px × 1643px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordodgemar, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookyear1873
