...cross is erect or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly nearly four minutes a-day, and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked...or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, c Midnight is past, the cross begins to bend !' How often these words reminded us of that affecting...

...seasons, the southern cross is erect, or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day ; and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an obser vation of time so easily made. How often have we heard our guides exclaim, in the savannas of...

...naked eye an observation of time so easily made. Often afterward did Humboldt and Bonpland hear their guides exclaim in the savannahs of Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Traxillo, " Midnight is past, the Cross begins to bend !" It reminded them of that affecting scene,...

...seasons, the Southern Cross is erect, or inclined. It is a timepiece, that advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day ; and no other group of stars exhibits...How often have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannas of Venezuela, or in the deserts extending from Lima to Truxillo, ' Midnight is past, the Cross...

...the Cross of the south is erect or inclined ; it is a time-piece, that advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits...observation of time so easily made. " How often," says Humboldt, in his Travels through South America, " have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannahs...

...night »K — • * it is either inclined or erect. " How often," wrote a modern r— traveller, " have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannahs of Venezuela, or in the deserts extending from Lima to Truxillo, ' Midnight is past — the Cross begins to bend !' How b often,...

...South is erect or inclined. It is a time-piece that advances very regularly nearly four minutes a dny, and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked...Venezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Trux1llo : Midnight is past, the Cross begins to bend". His corslet, cathbharr,1 greaves, cuirass,...

...different seasons the Southern Cross is erect or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits...have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannahs of Yenezuela, or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, ' Midnight is past, the cross begins to...

...Southern Cross is erect or inclined. It is a time-piece that advances with great regularity nearly four minutes a day ; and no other group of stars exhibits...of time so easily made. How often have we heard our guide exclaim, in the "savannas of Venezuela or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, "Midnight...

...seasons, the Cross of the South is erect or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly new four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits,...or in the desert extending from Lima to Truxillo, 1 Midnight is past, the Cross begins to bend ! ' How often those words reminded us of that affecting...