horizon at the h of day he is near the Moon on the morning of the 17th. SATURN is due south on the 2d, at seven o'clock, and on t 22d at a quarter before six on the 25th he is near the Moon. JUPITER is a very splendid object in the eastern skies etsy clear evening: on the 5th he is in the neighbourhood of Moon James Ferguson died, "When my work was over," says this self-t astronomer, in his account of his the and referring to the peril Note-November 16th, 1776 sixty-six years. me. My master at first laughed at me; but was meaning to him, he encouraged me to go u make fair copies in the day-time of what he often worked for me himself. I shall aw so much clearness, that a child of te. your i: perfectly from one end to the other.' MAY. Hasten, ploughman, rain is falling, JUNE. Shrill the horn, and loud the holloa; JULY. Lo! the gardener, busy planting; Hark! the warbling thrush is chanting; AUGUST. Loud the wind, and fierce its roaring; SEPTEMBER. Ah! what means yon distant thunder? Mate from mate is torn asunder By the cruel sportsman's gun. OCTOBER. Wash the sheep, nor heed their bleating, NOVEMBER. Mower, haste, and be not fickle; DECEMBER. Harvest home, we shout with gladness, Forward bring the Christmas cheer. Pacific Ocean, February 5th, 1846. Roche, Printer, 25, Hoxton-square, London. |