on Nebulous Stars . 73 
150th, 756th of the 2d (0), and the 18th, 140th, 725th of 
the 3d (£), without any hefitation, till we find ourfelves 
brought to an object fuch as the nebula in Orion, where we 
are ftill inclined to remain in the once adopted idea, of liars 
exceedingly remote, and inconceivably crowded, as being the 
occafion of that remarkable appearance. It feems, therefore, 
to require a more diffimilar object to fet us right again. A 
glance like that of the naturalift, who calls his eye from the 
perfedl animal to the perfedl vegetable, is wanting to remove 
the veil from the mind of the aftronomer* The objedl I have 
mentioned above, is the phaenomenon that was wanting for 
this purpofe. View, for inllance, the 19th duller of my 6th 
clafs (c), and afterwards call your eye on this cloudy liar (i), 
and the refult will be no lefs decifive than that of the naturalift 
we have alluded to. Our judgement, I may venture to fay, 
will be, that the nebulojity about the Jlar is not of a Jlarry 
nature . 
But, that we may not be too precipitate in thefe new deci- 
(ions, let us enter more at large into the various grounds which 
induced us formerly to furmife, that every vifible objefl, in 
the extended and dillant heavens, was of the Harry kind, and 
collate them with thofe which now offer themfelves for the 
contrary opinion. 
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