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 l.'ik THE INDIAN ANTJQIARY im>. RirvutNf. Tl«e gods, with priceless jewels were not b Nor with the poisoH-cluilico made aghast, Rur ceased until ihey held the usctar fast*,— Xfaa linn forsake not what they once Jmvu BUUgllt. Slopping sometimes upon the ground, sometimes on gorgeous bed., Sometimes with aim pie herbs content, sowuLiiuca on dainties fed, moment clothed in rags, Anon ruffling in liOW, The hero, following st3l bii end, recta not of joy or woo, Mercy's the ornament of power, of courage urfc-ous rede, Qfkaraing modesty, of wealth botutrr to ihow that need, rrtniw gentlnneaa and truth, Ioug-»ufli'ring of a. ting, OF nil HUM. cliarscter, whence all tlie» glories spring. Lit running statesman praise or blame, l*t Fortnnc turn ur go her way. Come instant death, or lingering shame, Firm uoula feum virtue will not stray , A ■nuke lay helpless- in the box pining for toclc of meat, A rat by night gnaw* through the side, and 3 bids his foe a treat, hlmngth recruited then the puuke by that aoni'"- fiolfl BMJB.pe^— I Mi old how vain our efforts are* Fate all onr fortune shapes, t Flung down with force, the higher springs the ball. So good men rise victorious from their fall. Sloth is the foe that wake* onr souls hi* h ■ l'i li'ini that saTiif an from despair. Tbemoou hi I orb renews. Tin? tree when pruned poti fori! tri TV afflicted sago this euurae pursue;-.. Nor y it-Ids to unavailing griff. {Her* ttiidM th* praua of Firmuuts.) THE LUNAR MANSIONS 01 THE Ml iiAilJIADANS. BY E. RKHATSCK, M-CB, lion, 3Imu, fl, Br. JUlS. was drawn to fchia subject My attention by Professor Kara L. Chhatrc's paper m the India v6l« HI p. -'"'- win gins the European names of the pri] Mars of the Hindu uakshukraa, I need uenrcc* tMOrro that aflur olluiimitiug many Arabic and Tluropeanixing others, number remain, and will, as long as ncience exists, eonm ** testimony to the vast influence lis on European astronomy. In the lunar mansions given in the paper just alluded to* ■oven still retain their Arabia names; bat the Muhamumdan* count 28 mansions, which On :t» follows : — I. yjth^i Rhnrtin ; two stars in Aries con- tra. T here b a smaller utar l«- twecn them railed**" N.ifth j thta is « Arictia. Some coll theso Hurce itari together ^r^-lf Alla*lirut, Probably they arc a t £, and y mbff l r i:f ^u Datin; three small stars in the Amria. Th# f»Wt« tin* twen, ftwlprtoi in KnflUfa . shape hi; trisngloj in the belly (according to, in the tail) of Aries. III. kj* Serin ; the Heiades, said tfteonsi.it of sis stars, nnd not of soven, oaeommotily believed ami snug by poeL..* IV. yljjj» AldeUnm; a large, bright, red star in the eastern eye of Taurus; this ri uh>> called th< ., hocansa it corner aUn the Pleiades. V. i*a* HaWa't; three stars close to each other in tho head of Orion. Doubt I true, Botdgtcenx, and ^. v J. 4ua Hona'l ; five stara arranged on the left. |b of , Ulu monbiou eonaists of tln-eo iitars opposite to thoso jiiRt mentioued, and is called 4fl» A 'l Al- tahai- "TI. %[j i ?e ri a tlui arms. T wo tar* in the head of Gemini, the distance between (ham t KA»lnntli ThD3l»k Ttlnof fllwrn thst tbii «lant» inrolLTi i it falalum irurr- nod »UepJv, on.j u oat ol |ilset h*r^.
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