Comete. 383 



Corinth, for Sicily, tile gods announced his success and future 

 greatness by an extraordinary prodigy. A burning torch ap- 

 peared in the heavens for an entire night, and went before the 

 fleet to Sicily."— (Diod. Sic. Hist. xvi. 11; Plut. Vit. Timol.) 

 Pingre remarks — It is easy to see that tlie comet appeared in 

 the West, and had a considerable north declination. 



304. A comet was seen in China. — (Ma-tuoan-lin ; De 

 Mailla, ii. 306.) 



302. A comet was seen in China. — (Ma-tuoan-lin; De Mailla, 

 ii. 306.) The Chinese annalist expressly says there were two 

 comets in two years. 



295. A comet was seen in China. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



239. A comet was seen in China. It came from the East_, 

 and passed by tlie North, and in the 5th Moon (June or July), it 

 was seen during sixteen days in the West. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



237. In the 9th year of Chi-hoang-ti, a star appeared in the 

 horizon. In May it was seen in the West ; it appeared then in 

 the North, and took eighty days to go from Sagittarius to the 

 South . — (Ma-tuoan-lin . ) 



233. A comet was seen in China in February or March, in 

 the East. — (Ma-tuoan-lin.) 



213. A brilliant star was seen in China to come from the 

 West. — (Ma-tuoan-lin; De Mailla, ii. 399.) Probably a comet. 



203. A torch extended from East to West for ten days 

 during the latter half of August, or the first half of September* 

 It appeared near A returns (a Bootis). — (Jul. Obseq. Proclig. 

 Swpjpl. ; Ma-tuoan-lin . ) 



202. A burning torch was seen in the heavens. — (Jul. 

 Obseq.) 



171. A large comet with a tail was seen in China at the end. 

 of summer. — (Couplet; De Mailla, ii. 554.) 



168. A torch was seen in the heavens. — (Jul. Obseq.) 



166. A burning torch was seen in the heavens. — (Jul. 

 Obseq.) 



165. A torch was seen in the heavens. — (Jul. Obseq.) We 

 are also told that at one place the sun was seen for several 

 hours in the night, so that if this objec£ was a comet it must 

 have been an extremely brilliant one. 



156. In October a comet 10° long appeared in the West. It 

 was visible for twenty-one days, and traversed Aquarius, Equu- 

 leus, and Pegasus.— (Ma-tuoan-lin; De Mailla ii. 568.) 



154 [i.] A comet came from the South-west in January. — 

 (Ma-tuoan-lin; De Mailla ii. 569.) 



154 [ii.] In September a comet appeared in the JST.E. — ■ 

 (De Mailla ii. 569.) 



(To he continued.) 



