The name of a star in the Katkop dialect: the Hare's star

The name of a star in the Katkop dialect: the Hare's star

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

≠kasin (Klaas Katkop) (IV)

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>The names of a number of Stars have been ascertained with the kind help of Mr. Maclear. Besides a separate alphabetical index to the Stars, the names of some are given in a supplementary list (B XXV. 2345-2347 and 2354); whilst another list in the Katkop dialect has not yet been identified on the map of the sky (L IV. -4. 3882 and 3901-3907). </i> A short piece on the Hare's star (or !nau ka |kuatti) describing where it can be seen in January 1874.

1) See also<i> Names of stars</i> and <i>Bushman names for the star Canopus</i>, 2) This story is found in Book IV-4

story

22 January 1874

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

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