Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 367
ointers whose motion has been alreadydescribed. The Little Bear is nearly in a horizontal position,and, according to my promise last month, I proceedto give a short account of this small but most inter-esting constellation. I do not think that the LittleBear, like the larger one, was so named… … HE LITTLE BEAR. must have been a real resemblance to that animalin the constellation as first figured. Later, whenstar-maps came to be arranged by astronomerswho had never seen bears, they supposed the threebright stars forming the handle of the Dipper torepresent the tail of the bear, though the…
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