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This will suit best with A Aquarii. . These hundred 

 stars may be sought in the stream from the Jar, where 

 Sir William Jones places the Nacshtdtra ; and in the 

 right leg of Aquarius. 



Akhbiyah, the twenty-fifth lunar mansion, is stated 

 to consist of three stars only, which seem to be the 

 three in the wrist of the right hand of Aquarius (Hyde'$ 

 Com. p. 55). However, it appears from Ulugh Beg's 

 tables, as well as from Mu hammed of Tizinsy that 

 four stars are assigned to this mansion (Hyde, p. 99. 

 and Com. p. 95.) 



The Hindu and Arabian asterisms differ, here less 

 widely, than in the instances lately noticed : and a 

 passage, cited by Hyde from Firozabadi, even in- 

 timates the circular figure of the constellation (Com. 

 p. 10). 



XXVI. The twenty-sixth of the Indian asterisms^^ 

 called the preceding Bhadrapida, consists of two stars 

 represented by a couch or bed, or else by a double 

 headed figure ; one of which is placed by Hindu astro- 

 nomers in 24o N. and 325° or 326^ E. The only con- 

 spicuous star, nearly in that situation, is the bright 

 star in Pegasus {o>. Pegasi) ; and the other may be the 

 nearest consideration (C Pegasi). I should have consi- 

 dered ^ Pegasi to be the second star of this Nacshatra^ 

 were not its yoga or chief star expressly said to be the 

 most northerly. Mukaddhn^ the 26th lunar mansion, 

 consists of the two brightest stars in Pegasus (a and jS *) ; 

 and thus the two divisions of the Zodiack nearly con- 

 cur. 



XXVII. Two other stars constitute the 27th 

 lunar mansion named tlie subsequent hhadrafada. 

 They are figured as a twin, or person with a dou- 



• Hyi'e's Ulvgh Beg, p. 53;, and Com. p. 34. 



