J74 REMARKS ON THE CONSTELLATIONS. 



point to a. Ceti. The alteration was suggested by looking 

 through mistake, at the Hyades near Aldebaran, instead of 

 the Pleiades, 

 a Piscium. ?• 10. T' le direction for finding a Piscium was altered 



from the wish before mentioned, of giving two known ob- 

 jects on opposite sides of that which was to be pointed out; 

 and the proximity of o Ceti made it very useful for this pur- 

 pose. 1 still think, that this description is better than La- 

 lande's, when » is brilliant ; but as that star is sometimes 

 invisible, the original should likewise have been added, 

 which says, that a Piscium will be found in the line drawn 

 from y, the foot of Andromeda, through the head of 

 Aries. 



P. 10, 1, 13 from bottom. " Les deux precedentes " are 

 rendered " the two eastern" stars in the body of the great 

 Bear. This translation is only accurate when the constella- 

 tion is under the pole. The stars should therefore have been 

 described as those which are " farthest from the tail." 



The above remarks may induce your readers to think, 

 that I have taken greater liberty with my original than I 

 have even given notice of in the short note at p. I: and as 

 it is a bold measure for an anonymous writer, to venture on 

 correcting what has been printed by an author of established 

 "Errours in La- fame like Lalande, it may be right to mention a few of the 

 lande. instances which occur in the text, to prove that some revi- 



sion was necessary. In § 770, Aquila is described as being 

 "au milieu de la Lyre et du Cygne ;" there can be no 

 doubt, that this ought to be " au midi de la Lyre et du 

 Cygne." § 774. The tail of the Serpent is said to be 

 M vers l'occident," with respect to Ophiucus, when it cer- 

 tainly is towards the east. § 779* Aquarius is said to be as 

 far from the Dolphin as the Dolphin is from the Eagle ; but* 

 n,o one acquainted with the heavens will blame me, for sub- 

 stituting the Lyre in this place instead of the Eagle. — I took 

 considerable pains in comparing the translation with the 

 globe and the Celestial Atlas, and I hope therefore, that it 

 will be found in some parts more accurate even than the ori- 

 ginal, especially when the following additions are made and 

 errata corrected. 1 sincerely regret, that there should be 

 any occasion for correction, and I can only apologise by 



stating, 



