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ASTRONOMY WITH AN OPERA-GLASS.
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Fig. 1.—Map of the Moon.

Seas, Gulfs, and Marshes.

A. The Crisian Sea. I. The Marsh of Mists. R. The Bay of Dew.
B. Humboldt Sea. K. The Marsh of Putrefaction. S. The Sea of Clouds.
C. The Sea of Cold. L. The Sea of Vapors. T. The Sea of Humors.
D. The Lake of Death. M. The Central Gulf. V. The Sea of Nectar.
E. The Lake of Dreams. N. The Gulf of Heats. X. The Sea of Fertility.
F. The Marsh of Sleep. O. The Sea of Showers. Z. The South Sea.
G. The Sea of Tranquillity. P. The Bay of Rainbows
H. The Sea of Serenity. Q. The Ocean of Storms.

Mountains and Crater Rings.

1. Grimaldi. 15. Walter. 29. Langrenus. 42. Plato.
2. Letronne. 16. Regiomontanus. 30. Proclus. 43. Archimedes.
3. Gassendi. 17. Purbach. 31. Cleomedes. 44. The Apennines.
4. Euclides. 18. Arzachel. 32. Atlas. 45. Eratosthenes.
5. Bullialdus. 19. Alphonsus. 33. Hercules. 46. Copernicus.
6. Pitatus. 20. Ptolemaus. 34. Posidonius. 47. The Carpathian Mts.
7. Schickhard. 21. Hipparchus. 35. Plinius. 48. Timocharis.
8. Longomontanus. 22. Albategnius. 36. Menelaus. 49. Lambert.
9. Tycho. 23. Theophilus. 37. Manilius. 50. Euler.
10. Maginus. 24. Cyrillus. 38. The Caucasus Mountains. 51. Aristarchus.
11. Clavius. 25. Catharina. 52. Kepler. 53. Flamsteed.
12. Newton. 26. The Altai Mountains. 39. Eudoxus.
13. Maurolyeus. 27. Piccolomini. 40. Aristotle.
14. Stöfler. 28. Petavius. 41. The Alps.

The early selenographers certainly must have been men of vivid imagination, and the romantic names they gave to the lunar landscapes, and particularly to the "seas," add a charm of their own to the study of the moon. Who would not wish to see the "Bay of