Compared with comets, variable stars, which he had hitherto made his study, were, from their remoteness, uninteresting. They were to the former as the celebrities of Ujiji or Unyamwesi to the celebrities of his own country.

与彗星相比，他迄今一直在研究的变星由于距离遥远而显得乏味。他们之于前者就像乌吉吉的名人或乌尼亚姆维西之于他自己国家的名人。