or the sun; and consequently, in the laws, 106 (Apollo) has always the solar symbol O. The 15 degrees are denoted by 1°, 5°, 10°, the 15 degree points. The sun setting with Chemali of Libra at R 106 evening follows. Arabia means evening, and the Arabic letters follow, and this alphabet becomes exhausted at the last point of the year, when again the Roman year is opened and regenerated ad infinitum. The two alphabets give 52 points on the circle-the number of weeks of the year, the 15 degree points, 1°, 5°, 10°, to of David,- in all 56 points available for mystic purposes, leaving 304 points on the circle valueless!

The Astrolabe is now perfect, with its tribes, apostles, and Church Festivals; all in order, and governed by the mystic points which constitute the Median and Persian laws; but without symbols by which the allegories can be interpreted, the Astrolabe is perfectly unmeaning. To obtain the necessary symbols, application must be made to the heavens, and hemispherical charts of the northern and southern heavens must be procured. From the centre of the equator, or south pole of these plates,' draw a thread to each point marked on the Astrolabe; enumerate in a table each and every object through which the thread passes. As each point is perfected in the southern hemisphere, continue the measuring in the northern hemisphere, terminating at the north pole of the equator.

Example:-Supposing the thread to be placed as directed to the point 281 in the southern plate, the first object from the centre is what is now called a quadrant, but some might consider it a fan: in the table of the laws insert both quadrant and fan, for no one can say whether both may not be required. Rising, the thread passes through the tail of a large bird. It is called a peacock, but it will serve for an ostrich; being a male bird, it is a cock. Catalogue the three names, bearing in mind that the point 281 only governs the tail-feathers of the bird. Then rising, there is a figure astronomers now please to call a telescope-some may think it a vial-others might consider it to be a roll or scroll with a label attached; and it is very like a swivel or cannon, and if so, the thread passes over the point at which would be the touchhole. Then follows a wreathed crown-it may be of laurel, olive, or vine. A white horse is next, Sagittarius

the thread cuts a star under the heart or the left breast; above is the right hand under the throat; in the hand is a bow-string and arrow; on the knuckle of the first finger is a star named sigma, a seal or signet. Above, on the ecliptic, is the man's head, the eyes blinded by the solar circle, and the mouth just under the ecliptic. Leaving Sagittarius, Scutum Sobieski comes next; it is the red cross and shield, and there is the sole of the foot of Antinous. There is lactea on the equator-this is dust, smoke, &c. &c., and here terminates the meridian of 281 in the southern hemisphere: proceed, therefore, to the northern hemisphere. The first object represented at 281 in the north is the tip of the eagle's wing, then the tail of Serpens; next, a bull's, cow's, or calf's foot and tail. Then comes the tail of the eagle Aquila. Ramus pomifer follows: the thread cuts the last apple on the branch; and here it may as well be noticed that the word "apple" formerly signified "all sorts of round fruit, both of trees and shrubs." Above Ramus is a lyre, or Welsh harp, the thread passing through the instrument, striking the string at "." The neck of Draco and the tail of the Little Bear terminate the whole of the symbols that can be obtained at the first gate or entrance on the 1st of January.

Another example, comprehending the symbols that are at the point F 311-Commencing as before, the first object is the quadrant, or fan. Next, the cock's neck, mystically placed where otherwise the phallus of Indus, or Pan, would be visible. This peacock denotes "virilis magnitudinum" of Pan, the Greek name of the sign Capricornus. Next above is an old-fashioned lamp, and then comes the shoulder of a mystic goat with a fish's tail, which is Capricornus, or the Greek Pan. Then comes the left hand of Aquarius, or the Greek Neptune or Hebrew Moses. In his hand is the celebrated rod : it is the 24-inch gauge of masons, and on it are marked or notched the twenty-four hours. The present name is Norma Nilotica. There are stars denoting a trident, but the trident has been stolen for Britannia. The fore-finger of this celebrated hand is void of flesh. In the northern hemisphere there is a dolphin, a fox's tail, then a swan's body-the thread passing the part of the bird from whence eggs would be