FRENDS EVENING AMUSEMENTS: 
star in his left foot. When your curiosity is 
_ 8ufficiently gratified with the singular position 
and beauty of the Belt and Sword, and bright- 
ness of the first, second, and third stars of 
Orion, an effulgence, to the south-east of the 
Gelt, and about twenty-three degrees from the 
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middle star of the Belt, cannot fail of striking 
you with wonder arf pleasure. This is the 
most brilliant of the fixed stars, and is called 
Sirius, or the first star of the Great Dog. At 
present its position and brilliancy, hereafter 
its history, will excite your attention.” » 
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