98 NEW DOUBLE STARS AND MEASURES, 
in his list, and called the magnitudes 8} and 84; on Mareh ith, 
1836, he looked again and called them 9} and 11; next night 
verified this, making them 10 and 11. In 1834 he saw a! 
magnitude star which made an obtuse and nearly ine 
m 
1873 I examined this, the magnitudes were 10} an 
could not see the little star; it would seem therefore ge no 
must have been brighter in 1834. The night in 1873 be a 
favourable, but h. 4130 was examined at the same time, O° © 
magnitude then assigned 8-10, or the same as h.’s. found. 
There are many stars in the Cape list that cannot were 
Over some of these I have spent a good deal of time to see 1 “ah 
and from the fact thatthe 13 magnitude was resi 
the list of missing stars are of this character, but some may pea 
been overlooked from changed magnitudes and other @ 
Perhaps the number (forty-six) is not surprising when we © 
; : 
. I Lat 
T have not given much attention to colours, nor gee or two 
‘ i734 8, but 0. 5193 
ue COM my estimates of colour with h. 
instances have been found of apparent decided oe ved i 
he says the lar ris “ very red”; I could not see y 
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In several cases I see decided colours where h. mentions oi 
these will be found in the list attached. remeasul® 
Tn conclusion, I may say that my object has been pele any 
all h.’s close stars south of 34° south declination. In with the 
cases considerable differences between h.’s observa of thes 
reflector and mine have been found; but a complete ps 80 ee 
has 20t been made, because the reflector observat not appa 
differ from those h. made with his equatorial that it di 
to be worth while. 
