3o5 ASTRONOMICAL and 



A thick fog towards evening from the S. E. 

 —very cloudy at ni^ht. 

 2ift. Thermometer Gt^" in the morning, rofe to 



79°. 

 2 2d. Thermometer 60° at fun rife, rofe to 84°. 



^gua! altitudes of the Sun. 

 A. M. 8" 50' 17". P. M. 3" 7' 53". 



Doubtful 3 or 4 feconds. 



23d. Thermometer 61° at fun rife, rofe to 62°. 



— Cloudy great part of the day with a violent 



wind from the S. E. 

 24th. Thermometer 58° in the morning, fell ta 



56° in the afternoon, rain with a ftrong wind 



from the S. E. 

 25th. Thermometer 56" at fun rife, rofe to 70°. 



—Flying clouds great part of the day. 



Emcrfion of the jd fatellite of If obferved at 7'' l' 3". — 

 Belts pretty dilliiid, magnifying power t20. 



Difcovered tliat the clock was confiderably out of beat, 

 owing to the poll to which it was faftened being moved by 

 people inadvertently leaning againft it in the tent : — The 

 poft being planted in loofe fand, no better foundation to be 

 had. 



26th. Thermometer 50° at fun rife, rofe to 60°. 



Equal altiluJii of the Sun. 

 A. M. 8" 44' 23". P. M. 3" 13' o". 



Emerfwn of the 4th fatellite of If obferved at &'• 8' 57". 

 —Evening remarkably fine ; magnifying power 200. — Al- 

 though the fatellite was too vifible to be miltaken at the 

 time above noted, it certainly had not fuWy recovered its 



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