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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. 



