ASTRONOMY. 



THE NEW SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS. 



ColumbaNoachi Noah's Dove .10 Apis, Musca 



Rober Carolinum The Royal Oak . 12 Chamxleon 



Grus .... The Crane . 



Phoenix . . . The Phenix . 



Indus .... The Indian . .12 Dorado Xipldaa 



Pava .... The Peacock . 14 Toucan 



The Bee or Fly 

 The Chameleon 



4 

 10 



13 Triangulum Australe The South Triangle 5 

 13 Piscis Volans, Passer The Flying Fish . 8 



Apus,Jlvis Indica TheBirdofParadisell Hydrus 



The Sword Fish 

 The American 



Goose ... 9 

 The Water Snake 10 



HEVELIUS'S CONSTELLATIONS MADE OUT OF THE UNFORMED STARS. 



Several stars observed by the ancients 

 are now no more to be seen, but are de- 

 stroyed ; and new ones have appeared, 

 which were unknown to the ancients. 

 Some of them have also disappeared for 

 some time, and again become visible. 

 "We are also assured, from the observations 

 of astronomers, that some stars have been 



observed which never were seen before, 

 and for a certain time they have distin- 

 guished themselves by their superlative 

 lustre ; but afterwards decreasing, they 

 vanished by degrees, and were no more 

 to be observed. One of these stars being 

 first seen and observed by Hipparchus, 

 the chief of the ancient astronomers, set 



