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HAROLD’S DISCUSSIONS. 
out of our view, while the others near the south pole 
never rise above our horizon. 
First, then, let us make ourselves familiar with 
the polar constellations, and afterward with the clus¬ 
ters in the zodiac. 
In the latitude of Chicago or New York the 
Great Bear may be seen on a clear night, when he is 
beneath the pole. 
In the month of 
October, about 
9 or 10 o’clock, 
we may see him 
walking on the 
horizon eastward 
(six months later 
he will be over¬ 
head going west¬ 
ward). The Lit¬ 
tle Bear hangs 
from the north 
pole by his tail, 
his head point¬ 
ing to the south 
toward the tail 
of his larger 
mate. Follow the 
‘‘ pointers ” of the 
Dipper to the 
pole star, and 
just beyond and overhead is the cluster known as 
Cepheus, supposed King of Ethiopia. He was inj- 
Fig. 75.—The Great Dipper, a, relation 
of the stars as they were several thou¬ 
sand years ago; b, as they are to-day; 
c, as they will be several years hence, 
as determined by observations. 
