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me a short time ago by relating a circumstance more ludicrous still. A 

 gentleman went to sit to him for his portrait, but he seemed to have a much 

 greater interest in the faithful delineation of the buttons on his coat than 

 of his own features. After repeated attempts they were finished to his 

 satisfaction, and he went his way no doubt rejoicing. A few days after, he 

 called again at the studio to look at the portrait which was still there; after 

 gazing intently at it for some minutes, he deliberately turned it round to 

 see if the buttons at the back of the coat were as good a match as those in 

 front, and when the bare canvass met his eye he bristled up as though he 

 had been defrauded out of what was his just due. My friend was almost 

 convulsed with laughter when he saw the state of the case, and suggested 

 (instead of flat canvas) to paint him on a pedestal in order that he might 

 walk round it; but the sitter regarded it as no joke and angrily demanded 

 to know why he had left out those two buttons? It required but little 

 argument to show the absurity of painting the buttons at the back of the 

 canvass, but he had made up his mind to have his buttons painted and as 

 they could not be shown at the back, he would have two extra in the front, 

 and such was the case. 



I fear I am trespassing too mtich on your space, but allow me to say 

 a word or two more and I have done, these few words will be an apology 

 for the rambling manner in which I have treated the subject, if it calls 

 forth a spirit of enquiry I shall be amply repaid, and at a future time when 

 I have more command over this roaming pen, I shall be happy to make up 

 for my present short comings. 



Yours truly, 

 A well-wisher for the success of the publication. 



fjjitmtia ^^iUm. 



The extraordinary celestial phenomena called variously Shooting Stars* 

 Aerolites, Meteors, have for many cpnturies excited the wonder and often 



• Aerolites or Meteoric stones aie extraneous bodies which occasionally fall 

 upon the surface of the earth. One traversed France at the rate of 40 miles per second. 



Shouting Stars are those evanescent meteors which dart across the sky at night 

 in all directions. 



Meteors. — This word properly includes all the phenomena which occur in the 

 atmosphere and includes hail, rain, rainbows, &c. See Hind'i Astronomy. 



