KNOWLEDGE • 



[November 1, 1886. 



this time, just as from our hemisphere lie is the chief con- 

 stellation towards the south. Of course, it will be under- 

 stood that the movement of Orion, Taurus, and all these 

 other constellations in the northern skies of the southern 

 hemisphere, is from east to west, or from I'ight to left. 



Overhead, the winding streams of the river Urilamti 

 e.xtend from near /3 of Oiion to between Phixiux and 



Hjjdrus, where the bright Achernar (a Eridani) is seen — a 

 star now too far south to be seen from thos3 places in the 

 northern hemisphere, where it used to be seen in the time 

 when it received its name. 



In the .south-west quarter of the sky we see the 

 Northern Triangle, ArifS (the Ram), Piscf-t (the Fishes), 

 Cetus, the Sea Monster, and Aqnuriiis, the Water Beirer. 



NOKTH Polar Index Map. 



A UNIFORM ATL/^S. 



WE give this month the north polar index map for the 

 proposed uniform atlas ; the southern index map will 

 be given next month, to which occasion (space pressing very 



much tlus month) we reserve the explanation of the plan liy 

 which we propose t« present the wliole surface of the globs 

 in twelve equal maps, in which the different parts of the 

 earth will be presented in the same uniform plan and on 

 the same uniform scale throusrhout. 



