3o8 Pearls. 



barely visible to unaided vision, offers a most lovely 

 object to the telescope. It is then found to consist 

 of a cluster of no less than i lo stars, very small, but 

 of the most vivid colours. Two are ruby red, two 

 emerald green, three of an aquamarine tint, another 

 of sapphire blue, while others range from dark 

 orange to delicate lemon colour. Those which are 

 white seem to shine out more vividly from" the 

 contrast. 



It may truly be considered to form a tray of 

 the jeweller's finest gems. 



I enclose a little sketch of the stars, and am. 

 Yours faithfully, 



Crawford. 

 Mr. Edwin W. Streeter. 



