Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith) · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 188
ters. Besides theGreat Bear there is, not far from it, the LittleBear, which is reaUy very like it, only smaller andharder to find. The Pole Star is the last star inits tail; from it two small stars lead away parallelto the Great Bear, and they bring the eye to asmall pair which form one side of a… … l>NSTKIJ,ATJO\S NKAR THE POLIO STAT) THE CONSTELLATIONS 151 is very ridiculous to have called these groups Bearsat all, or to talk about tails, for bears have notails 1 So it would have been better to have calledthem foxes or dogs, or almost any other anmalrather than bears. Now, if you look at…
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