Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, A.C. Armstrong and son · leaf 260
of that region abso-lutely prevented the most lively imagination from con-ceiving a bears body there. As an instance of thelatter kind may be mentioned the Bull and the Ship,both of which constellation figures are seen only inpart. The Bulls head is exceedingly well marked, as isthe stern of the… … FANCIED FIGURES AMONG THE STARS, 249 and (as Aratus is careful to mention) they recognisedonly the stern of the good ship Argo. But in general,where only some marked feature of an object couldbe imagined, or perhaps two or three, they yet con-ceived the whole object to be shown in the…
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