EXCURSIONS ROUND LONDON. 



covered the stars, if they had not been clas- 

 sed in different constellations, and how should 

 we have distinguished the constellations, if 

 they had not been designated by the different 

 figures of men, of animals, or of agricul- 

 tural instruments. 



You are all acquainted with the seven 

 beautiful stars adjoining the North Pole. 

 These united stars form a constellation 

 which the country people call chariot, and 

 which astronomers term the great bear. AH 

 those acquainted with astronomy, understand 

 what is meant by the great Bear. In idea, 

 they behold all the stars of which I am speak- 

 ing. They know, that they each night re- 

 volve round the polar star, that star which 

 forms, as it were, the axis of the heavens, 

 and which, being always seen in the same 

 .point, serves to direct vessels in their course 

 through seas, which they could not otherwise 

 navigate. 



. What precautions have been taken b? 

 -Nature for the advantage of man ! What 

 a.t first sight appears an error, an iuiperfec- 



