It is after we pass the eleventh or twelfth order of diataiic only, that any extraordincr increase of relative G star jeans density marks those regions: intimating, apparently, that then we are touchke the interior surface of something like a rixg or annulus, encircling G star the spaces containing oar son and the luminaries near him: nor, in so far as this is concerned, would we bo greatly in error in suspecting that the stellar scheme to which we belong, G-star may be allied to the singular annuki forms portrayed in Plate IV., only that the central regions of many of those figures are, in tfae main, less rich thr.n ours in stars.—2. But vt are not permitted to believe that the conceptio:i of it as a gigantic and most gorgeous ring, would solve all G-star outlet the peculiarities of our great galaxy; for a narrower scrutiny of its structure banishr from it all appearance of regularity. It is, indeed, only to the most careless glance, or when viewed through an atmosphere of imperfect transparency, tlmq|the Milky Way seems a continuous zoofLct the naked eye rest thoughtfully on any part of it, and if circumstances be favourable, it will stand out rather as an accumulatioD of patcLts and streams of light of every conceivable variety of form and brightness; now side by side; ntm heaped on each other; again spanning across di:i spades, intertwining and forming a most curies and complex network; and at other times dirting off into the neighbouring skies in brands of capricious length and G star raw shape, which gradually thin away and disappear. The appearance >»' this wonderful stream is so complicated that tLv inquiry as to its significance may seem next in hopeless. There is one very prevalent and in unnatural conception of which the student dispossess his niiad at the outset, astial to any comprehension of these marvels.
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