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7. The loop No. 10, of Art. 51 is very indefinite on its inner margin, and 

 perhaps very faint nebulosity fills all the interior. 



8. The star 83, in the bright portion No. 15 of Art. 52, is believed to be pe- 

 culiar, — blotty or nebulous. (Art. 19, Aug. 20.) 



9. A branch curves off from the principal division of the bifurcate portion 

 along the stars 24, 19, 11, 8. This would be certain but for the reason men- 

 tioned in No. 1 of this article. (Art. 19, Aug. 9.) 



54. Slightly suspected. — 1. Nebulosity in the three loops of stars mentioned 

 in the observations of Aug. 

 9 and 19, Art. 19. They 

 run in the direction repre- 

 sented in the margin, and a 

 portion of them are also 

 faintly traced in the plate 

 of the nebula. The stars 



24, 19, 11,8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 



and 1, constitute but 



the several starting points, 

 or origins, of these connect- 

 ed series of stars. 



2. From the sp angle of No. 7, Art. 51, near the stars 45, 61, faint ne- 

 bulosity extending among the stars 48, 29, 42, 28, 22, perhaps joining the clus- 

 ter in No. 1. of Art. 53. 



3. Some straggling interlacing of nebulous matter and stars to some dis- 

 tance sf the V, towards stars 179, 193, 196. 



4. A possible extension of irregular rings and branches of nebulosity, 

 spreading down from the parallelogram No. 7 of Art. 51, and its proximate 

 branches, to the loops of No. 1, as above. (Art. 19, Aug. 19,) 



5. The surface of the sky around is broken with almost visible wisps, and 

 imaginings of nebulous matter,— for I can somewhat express by these terms 

 that troubled appearance of the heavens, which continually suggests the idea 

 of nebulosity, yet disappointing all closer scrutiny. (Art. 19, Aug. 19.) I have 

 little doubt that, with a telescope of not much greater power, the range of this 

 nebula might be considerably extended, and hope, at some future time, to 

 have the means of doing so, or to see the conjecture investigated by others at 

 an earlier date. 



