I 4 o IN STARRY REALMS. 



worthy of attentive examination. Here, for instance, in 

 Fig. 12 we represent one of the most famous known as 

 " the Great Spiral," but we must not linger any longer 

 over these objects. A treatise would be necessary to 

 convey what is known about them. 



Our evening at the observatory has now been spent : 

 we have looked at the most remarkable objects which the 

 universe contains, and we have, let us hope, acquired a 

 fresh appreciation of the sublimity of that scheme of crea- 

 tion in which our earth plays a small though dignified 

 part 



