TIIK SUNDIAL AXD TIIK CLOCK. II5 



pillar 17 feet. Length of each of the radii 24 ft. 6 in. The 

 height of the building is not stated. Mr. Hunter remarks : 

 "I do not see how observations can be made when the shadow 

 falls on the spaces between the stone radii or sectors ; and 

 from reflecting on them I am inclined to think that the two 

 instruments, instead of being duplicates may be supplemen- 

 tary one to the other ; the sectors in the one corresponding to 

 the vacant spaces in the other, so that in one or other an 

 observation of any body visible above the horizon might at 

 any time be made. 



Between these two buildings and the great Equatorial dial 

 is an instrument formed of mahogau}^ in the shape of a con- 

 cave hemispherical surface to represent the inferior hemisphere 

 of the heavens. It is divided by six ribs of solid work and as 

 many hollow spaces the edges of which represent meridians at 

 the distance of 15 degrees from each other. The diameter of 

 the work is 27 ft. 6 in. 



See some account of the astronomical labours of Jaya- 

 schina Rajah of Amthere or Jayanaga. By Wm. Hunter 

 Esq. in Asiatic Researches. To this paper (says the chapter 

 in the Penny Magazine) we are indebted for the information 

 contained in the above account. 



PENNY MAGAZINE 



June 6th 1840 

 So much for India . 



Compare with all this, if you see fit, the 200,000 dollar 

 telescope whose lens had to be packed in cotton and slung 

 with delicate art lest its shape should change as it was being 

 transported to its place of usefulness. 



Mohammed Shah was quite right and Eick of California 

 not wrong. P^ach lit the lamp of sacrifice, and did the Ijest 

 he knew how. 



And those who remember the RoUo books ma>- recall how 

 Rollo bragged of the noon mark which Jonas had laid down 

 upon the barn floor ; and then was, I fear, somewhat dis- 

 gusted to find that his little cousin Mary had just as true a 



