Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, A.C. Armstrong and son · leaf 262
ised seems furthershown by the figure assignedto the constellation in the Fig. 36.—The Bears Head. Zodiac of Tentyra, or Den-derah, where it appears as in fig. 37. The smaller figureis supposed to represent the Little Bear. In the second place, the reader familiar with the con-stellations will… … FANCIED FIGURES AMONG THE STARS. 251 ithe constellation of the Dragon; the third magnitude star near the hind quarters is Cor Caroh*, the chief star of the modern constellation Canes Venatid, or the Hunting Dogs. Vi appears to me that we ought not to expect that the first observers of the heavens,…
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