NATURAL HISTORV OF SELBORNE. 23 
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towards the object westward, till, in a few nights, it would set quite 
behind it and so by degrees, to the west of it: for when the sun 
comes near the summer solstice, the whole disc of it would at first 
set behind the object ; after a time the northern limb would first 
appear, and so every night gradually more, till at length the whole 
diameter would set northward of it for about three nights ; but on 
the middle night of the three, sensibly more remote than the former 
or following. When beginning its recess from the summer tropic, 
it would continue more and more to be hidden every night, till at 
length it would descend quite behind the object again; and so 
nightly more and more to the westward. 
