XXXU, INTRODUCTION. 



Calendar. — The principal feast is the AS- 

 SUMPTION, August 15, and it has been observed 

 that the great festival of our Lady occurs when 

 the sky is rich in every variety of colour ; the 

 clouds also exhibit every tint from orange to deep 

 purple or vermilion ; the grove however is silent 

 and the fields produce but few flowers; aU the 

 beauty of the earth seeming as it were transferred 

 to heaven against the recej^ion of the Holy Virgin 

 whose assumption is now celebrated. The other 

 feasts are the Nativity of our Lady, Sep. 9, 

 and OUR Lady of Mercy, Sep. 24, the rest 

 belong to next season. 



TEMPUS AUTUMNALE, AUTUMNAL 

 SEASON.. 



Astronomy.— :^ Sep. 24, rises VI. 0. 

 set at VL 0. 



m Oct. 23, rises VI. 55, set VL 5, 



Arcturus still is seen setting in the west, Cor* 

 ona, Lyra, AquQa, and Cygnus descending from 

 midheaven ; Cassiopeia in the nortii of the zenith. 

 Capella in N. E. Aldebaran and the Pleiades 

 rising m, e^^t, and. Castor and Pollux in north 

 ea^t. 



The Weather. — The cooler but very plea- 



