Heavens, and here drawn upon the Globe, which is called the Milky Way.Milky Way. You see here by the Globe, as the Position of the Heavens is now, that it begins at the North Part of the Horizon, about Persueus, takes in Cassiopæia, and after that the Swan, and then runs on toward Scorpio, and towards the South Pole, and takes in the famous Constellation called the Cross; then it turns Northward again, thro' the Ship, a little above the Great Dog-Star, or Syrius, and above the Right Shoulder of Orion, and thence taking in Capella, runs on towards Perseus, where we begin to trace it.
I'm glad you thought to shew me this, said she, before we finish our Night's Observations; I see it plain in the Sky, and perceive that its Figure, on the Globe, corresponds exactly with it; I won't stay now to ask you what it is, because there may be one of my many Questions to you another Time; we will only remember what Mr. Milton saith of it:
And Pavement Stars, as Stars to us appear,
Seen in the Galaxy, that Milky Way,
Like to a circling Zone powder'd with Stars.
Mr.
