Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 415
hours with pent, Hydra, occupying the leading position. Thisis the longest, and nearly the largest, of all the con-stellations. It began to show itself in our southernregion last month, and you will not quite see the endof it for three months yet to come ; so that it showsitself in no less than… … THE CONSTELLATION OF THE LION. the Sea-serpent extended along the equator; and Ithink originally represented the great serpent whichwas supposed to gird round the ocean. I havesometimes thought that when this constellation wasframed (and Cetus, too), there may still have re-mained some few of those…
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