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NIGHT SKY FOR FEBRUARY (First Map of 



Showing the heavcDS as they appear at the follow ivg hours : 



Pair), 



Febrnary 6 at 10 o'clock. 

 Febmaiy 10 at 9J o'clock. 

 Febmarv 14 at til o'clock. 



February 17 at 9i o'clock. 

 Februai-y 21 at 9 o'clock. 

 February 25 at 81 o'clock. 



March 1 at 8i o'clock. 

 JIarch a at 8;J o'clock. 

 JFarcl] 8 at 8 o'clock. 



th? Virgin (24) — the five ttars ft, t], y, r, and t, form a nook 

 which has been called, for reasons unknown to me, tlie 

 Retreat of the HovUmj Bog {/emule of tie specien). 



High np towards the north-east we see the stars of Ursa 

 Major, the Greater Bear (7). The Plough (or Dipper, in 

 they call the group in America) is midway between the 

 horizon and the point overhead. L!?low the body of the 

 Plough, a little to the right, we ficd Canes Venatici, the 

 Iluntinrj Dogs (8) ; and between that group and Virgo lies 

 Coma Berenices, the Hair of Queen Berenice (9). Then 

 sweeping the horizon from east to north we came to Bootes, 

 the Herdsman (10), Corona the Crovra (11), and Hercules 

 the Xneeler (13). 



[A fortiiight hence the second star of the map wijj 

 appear. It will ijot l.c acecnipanied by any description, 

 because the groups will have changed little from their posi- 

 tions in the pn sent map. But the list of constellations 

 with their Lumbers will be appended.] 



The I.wkxtioxs Exhieitiox. — The United States Senate, on the 

 motion of the senator from Connecticut, has decided that a commis- 

 sioner shall be appointed to represent that country at the comiag 

 International Inventions E.fhibition, who shall have power to make 

 the necessary rules and regulations ; and further, that exhibits may 

 be jirepared in the Patent OtJiee, and that Government vessels may 

 transmit exhibits to the Exhibition free of cost. A sum of 25,000 

 dols. has been appropriated for general expenses. 



