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thefea, & that not only in fandyjbat alfo in other Hills of firniet 
Earth , of which I have feen my (elf pretty big pieces.Concern- 
ing »S'n?^^<;n?/^ I have frequently heard Fiflier-men afSrm^ that 
they have here often fifli d them out of the Lakes^in the winter^ 
but I never have feen it my felf. Whilft I am writing this, I re^ 
ceive Letters out of Denmark^, advertifing me, that thofe two 
Learned Men, Thomas 2inA Era/mus Bartholw^ do intend fliortly 
to anfwer the fame §luaries. Next Winter^if God vouchfafe me 
life and health,! purpofe to make a Journy to ^o«/g;j.^^r^, where 
I hope to learn many things , efpecially about Amber, 
Thus far in anfwer to thofe Inquiries for the prefent^ 
To this he fubjoyns other things, no lefs fic to be communica- 
ted to the Curious, in thefe words 5 
The Books ycu have fent me over feaj have not yet received.* 
I wilhjthey were all tranflated into Latin j for I have not En^Ufh 
enoughj to underftand all particulars perfectly.For the reiEl^you 
have obliged me^ by communicating the Obfervations of the 
laft Eclipfe of the Sun^as well thofe made in Englarid, as thofe of 
Pw// and Madrid, That I may requite you in lome meafure ^ I 
fend you my Obfervations both of that^ and the Moons laftE- 
cHpfe, In the 82/^'/ Ef/?]^>^/^5 this is c^iiefly obfervable , That the 
Semidiameter of the Moonivom the very beginning , to about 5. 
or^.digetsofthe increafingP/??i7/?/was much lefs than the 
dolphin Account imports. For it was then almoft equal to the S^- 
midiameter of the Sun : but,after the greateft Obfcuration, when 
I again contemplated the Moons Semidiameter,! found it 8" or 9" 
bigger than that of the S^^w; fo that the femidiameter o{ the 
A4oon was not alwayeSjduring this Ech'pfejConftant to it felf. It 
will therefore be worth whi!e,to be hereafter more diligent and 
curious in this particuIarjUnd accurately toobferve in the Phafis 
of each Digit the Proportion of the Semidiameters of both Lumi- 
naries i to the end^ that firfl it may be made manifeit , Vv^'herher 
in all the Eclipfes of the S««,or in lome onlyj that variation hap- 
\itn%:next^ that the Caufes of fuch a Phicnomenon may be diligent- 
ly inquired into. Of this Variation^ the Excellent Ifmael Bullial- 
dus hath alfo obferved fomething at Paris. For he has written 
to me^That in the fame Ecliplethe Semidiam. of the Sun to the 
Semid, of the was, as i6'.9". to 16*. 22'' ;but that in another 
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