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C^nui Names, R.A. Declin, Long, Lat. European Name*, Tang hae Chib nea jih • . . . Tow loh jih. . . • . • Yu Teen jvm Yew ke san Yew ke loh Yew ke woo Ho koo san ...... Ho koo nrh Yew ke tang tseili Hokoojili Yew ke tang pa . . Newftah jih Teen tain jih . . . . Nea sah jih Hea inh yih...... Wei sah san. . . • . . Wei sah yih Fob moo sze . . • • Loy teen yih . • • • Peh 1o sze man. • . • Shih sah yih Peih sah yih Teen tsang yih ... . Too see knng . . • . Kwei soh yih . . • • Teen tsang san. . . . Low sob yih Wei shen tseih • • . . Teen kwan kew • Wei sah yih. Teen kwan pa • • • , Teen yaen lah . * . . Teen kwan yih.... Teen yaen woo. • . , ynen sze . . . , af aou sah yih . . . . 37 Teen S8 98 1018' 9 6 18 9 6 23 9 10 7 9 12 22 9 17 21 9 17 68 9 20 6 9 22 61 9 2S 60 9 24 8 9 24 67 9 28 46 10 0 46 10 2 46 10 7 41 10 18 44 10 22 12 10 27 26 11 1 21 U 9 7 11 9 66 11 12 17 11 29 18 0 0 63 6 64 10 10 17 8 24 18 26 27 6 64 6 17 6 47 10 16 11 30 16 10 1 19 36 1 21 20 2°5rs. 38 22 N. 27 12 S. 3 63 N. 6 16 S. 2 36 N. 7 37 1 46 S. 9 64 N. 8 7 8 16 6 46 1 41 S. 15 42 39 18 N. 10 33 S. 6 62 8 28 N. 1 48 S. 2 66 8 11 N 81 13 S. 13 33 N. 13 26 10 38 S. 19 44 21 47 N. 9^49 S. 19 16 N. 1 14 N. 1 6 S. 26 20 N. 1 62 -^ 10 11 S 2 60 N. 10 2 S. 10 32 — 23 3 N 9* 1023' 9 10 27 9 6 60 9 11 20 9 12 66 9 19 11 9 20 27 9 21 28 9 26 36 9 27 19 9 26 0 9 28 3 10 0 32 9 29 37 10 20 85 10 7 23 10 19 1 10 27 32 10 29 0 11 2 20 11 13 54 10 29 22 11 19 7 0 4 48 11 26 33 11 28 6 0 17 64 11 53 29 33 24 68 3 12 12 33 6 4 4 20 9 67 9 26 13 36 24 48 20^38'N.|Seipentis. 61 48 — a Lyne. 3 60 S. ^ Sagittarii. (Ist Mans.) 26 69 N^dSerpentis. 17 41 \ Antinoi. 24 66 S AqoilaB. 14 28 K Antinoi. 20 16 i Antinoi. 31 18 y Aqoilw. 29 22 a Aqailao. 21 38 fi Antinoi. 26 60 fi Aqailae. 16 48 6 Antinoi. 4 41 ^ Capricon. (2) 57 10 yCygai. 8 10 € Aqoarii. (3) 8 42 fi Aqoarii. (4) 22 8 f Pegasi. 10 42 a Aqoarii. (6) 8 18 y Aqoarii. 15 44 K Pegasi. 21 0 S. Fomalhaut. a Pis. Aas. 19 26 N. a Pegasi. (6) 12 35 y Pegasi. (7) 10 1 S. I Ceti. 20 47 3 Ceti. 15 68 N. 1 Andromedte. (8) 15 47 S. 9 Ceti. 8 29 N. 3 Arietis. (9) 9 6 S. iPisoiom. 14 82 — d Ceti. 11 16 N. a Moscas. (10) 12 3 S. /Ceti. 24 34 7 Eridaai. 12 37 1 Cdti, Menkar. 25 67 X £<^dani. 27 47 € Ditto. 4 10 N.gPleiadam. (11) Digitized by Google 248 APPENDIX. Chinese Nt B.A. VecGn. Long. Lot. Emropean Names, SQTeen 40 41 42 48 44 46 46 47 48 yaen san . • • Peih sob yih Yah tsing sao . . • Woo chay orh . • . Tsan snh tseih . • . Tsan sah woo • . . Tsan sah shih kew. Tsan sah yih • • • Chay sah yih ... Fa orh 49 Fa san . 60 Tsan 61 62 63 64 66 66 67 68 69 60 61 62 63 64 66 66 67 68 sah arh . • • • Tsan sah san • • • . Tsansahlah...... Tsan sah sze • • • , Tsbg sah yih . . . . Teen lang Nan ho orh ••••.. Nan ho san Pih ho san Wae choo yih • • . , Kwei sah yih • • • , Lew sah yih • Sing sah yih Chang sah yih . • . , Kan yaen shih sze Teen seang Yih sah yih Nay ping yih • • • . Wootetso Yew chih fa in sah yih. . • • . . _ shang seang Tang tsze tseaog . . Keo sah yih Keo sah arh .••••. Kang sah yih • • • • Ta keo Te sah yih sah sze Kwan seo yih • • . . 70Chi] 71 Tang 72 73 74 76 76 77 78|Te 79 80 Sah 81 82 83 84 86 86 87 88 Pa Fang sah yih • Leang , Tsoo Sin sah yih ... Han Wei sah yih... 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(12) S. /3 Eridani. N. a Aariga, Capella. S. /3 Ononis, Rigel. fl Ononis, Bellatrix. y Do. iDo. XDo. iDo. V Do. c Do. z Do. fc Do. a Do. Betelgaesf . fl Geminoram. (16) a Canis Major, Sirias. P Canis Minor. V Do, Procyon. j3 Geminoram, Pollox. q Monooeri B v ? B Cancri. (16) 8 Hydrae. (^17.) a Hydr. Alphard. (18) ▼ Hydra 1 (19) a Leonis, Regans. a Crateris. (20) ^ Virgims. /d Leonis, Denebola. j3 Virguiis. y Corvi, Algorab. (21) y Virginis. ^Do. S. a Do. Spica. (22) N. z Do. jc Do. (98) (23) a Bootes, Arctaros.. a Librae. (24) i3Do. a Coronae Bor. a Serpentis. eDo. IT Scorpio, (26) 5 Ophiaci, yed. c Ophiaci. <T Scorpio. (26) z Ophiaci. £ Scorpio. (27) . a Hercales. 6 Ophiaci. y Do. y Sagittarii. (28). z Serpentis. N. Digitized by Google No. III. TRANSLATIONS OF CERTAIN HIEROGLYPHICS WHICH HITHERTO HAVE BEEN CALLED (THOUGH IIKOMIOUtLT) THE ZODIACS OF DENDERA IN EGYPT. K K Digitized by Google Digitized by Google APPENDIX. 251 No. III. Trtmslaiians of eertam Hieroghfphie$, ufkieh kitkerto harm been eaUed (ikomgh erromemuhf) the Zddmei of Dendera in Effifpt. In consequence of llie extraordinary high andquity asidgned by some of tiie French writers to those hieroglyphic sculpture!^ called Zodiacs, found in the temple of Dendera, or Tentyra, vi Egypt, I was induced some years ago to examine them minutely, and found l9iat, so far from their being Zodiacs, as represented, or called, they were nothing more nor less than the Roman Calendar fer the year 708 of Rome, translated into hieroglyphics. This circumstance gave me hopes that re-translating them ^ouM be use- ftd in developing the Egyptian method of hieroglyphics, in repre- s^iting things by their supposed images, particularly irach articles as are generally inserted in calendars, wMch might ultimately lead U> a more extensive knowledge of the siibject. The circumstance which appears to have deceived the French writers into an idea of their being zodiacs, and of an antiquity of 15,000 years or more, is smiply this. . They fotind that they con- tained figures of the constellations, that is, outlines without stars ; and that some of these figures wer^ agdn repeated or represented at about the distance of six sigiis froni the original ones of the same name. The former figures they took for the constellfttions ; but the latter they assumed ta be the sighs', winch therefore would Inquire a space of time equal to 15,000 years to bring them into the positions they stand in at present; Thus they found that the constdllition Aquarius, or the figure representing eith^ it or the^ sign Aquarius, was in its proper place between Capricorn and Pisces.