36-1 I'HILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 172g. 



The same Eclipse observed at Paris. N° 410, p. 171. 

 At 7^ I™ O^ A dense penumbra; 7*^ S'" O^ a very dense penumbra; 7*^ 3™ O' 

 beginning of the eclipse ; 9*^ 4 1'" 18^ the beginning of the emersion; 10^ 4]"' 24' 

 the end, doubtful; lO'M^"" O' the end, certain. 



The same Eclipse observed at Padua. Bi/ S. Poleni. N° 410, p. 173. 

 At 1^ 44"^ 40^ App. time, clouds hindered seeing the beginning ; 1 1*^ 20"^ 56* 

 the end of the penumbra. 



Total Eclipse of the Moon, observed at IVirtemberg, July 9, N. S. 172g. By 

 M. IVeidler. N°410, p. 174. 

 At o'' !■" 30'' In the morning, the beginning; I*" I"' O' the total immersion; 

 2*^ 40"^ 30' the emersion; 3^ 40"* O* end of the eclipse. 



The same Eclipse observed at Padua. By S. Poleni. N° 410, p. 176. 

 At O*' 0'" 28^ Apparent time, beginning of the shadow; O^ 58"* 48' the total 

 immersion; 2'' 37"" 38' beginning of the emersion; 3'^ 38"" 8' end of the pe- 

 numbra. 



j4 Geographical Description of the Kingdom of Tunis. By the Rev. Thomas 

 Shaw* Chaplain to the English Factory at Algiers. N°411, p. 177. 



From Tunis Mr. Shaw travelled as far westward as Hydra, and from thence 

 he went to Toser, passing from Tegewse through the Lake of Marks, or the 

 Palus Tritonia, to Gaps; from Gaps he travelled all the way on the coast of 

 Biserta. He made use of a small, but very good mariner's compass, and found 

 the variation at Cairwan 10° west, at Biserta something more than 12°, and at 

 Algiers 30° 30'. He carried also a brass quadrant of a foot radius, and took the 

 latitudes of Tunis, Cairwan, Spetula, Gaftsa, Toser, Ebillee, Gaps, Stax, Susa, 

 Lowharia and Biserta, with all the exactness such an instrument would admit of. 



* I'he Rev. Thomas Shaw, who afterwards look the degree of D. D. was chaplain to the English 

 consul at Algiers, and author of Tra\els or Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the 

 Levant first published in 1738. A Supplement to this work appeared in 1746, containing a reply to 

 the strictures of Dr. Pococke, bishop of Ossory. The Travels and Supplement were reprinted in 

 1 vol. in 1757. After his return from Algiers, Dr. S. became a fellow of the R. S. and was chosen 

 Regius Professor of Greek, at Oxford. He died in 1751, aged 5g. Dr. Shaw w.is a man of con- 

 siderable erudition, and a diligent inquirer into whatever was most remarkable respecting natural 

 history and antiquities, in those foreign parts which he had opporttinities of visiting. Accordingly 

 his Travels were much read at the time of their publication, and it must still be allowed that they 

 afford considerable information on a variety of topics. It is nevertheless true that respecting some of 

 the subjects of which Dr. S. has treated, more satisfactoiy accounts have been given by later travellers. 



