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ASTRONOMICAL and 



ftanding a difference of about 2 degrees in longitude, 

 and 14 minutes in latitude, from Mr. Hutchins's map. 



1797- 

 Feb. 24th. 



27th. 



28th. 



March ift. 



3d. 



Arrived at Natchez. 



Encamped at the north end of the village. 

 Set up the clock. 



Set up the large zenith fed:or, with the 

 face to the eaft. » 



Equal altitudes of the Sun. 

 A. M. 9'' 50' 11". P.M. -2h 9' ri". 



The obferved times, and diftances of the O's and D 's ncareft hmbs. 



Means 



Means 



Times. 



Diftances. 



59 46 o 



59 46 40 



59 47 



59 47 20 



59 47 50 



Repeated. 



60 



60 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 60 



60 



o Error of the Sestant o". 



59 46 5« 



60 5 



10 



30 



40 



o 



40 



50 

 20 

 40 



Error of the Sextant o". 



3 51 



Repeated. 



* All the obfervations conneifled lailh, or dependent upon lime, are en- 

 tered as obferved by the clock, and will tlierefoie require a correftion to 

 reduce them to mean folar time, which may readily be done from the Jlute- 

 ment of the errors of tlie clock, with its rate of going, to be found at the 

 end of each courfc of obfervations. 



