fide of the Line , of fuch \ as lie between tht^qmer and Trth 
pck of Cancer y hut l^eyond tht Line^ of fuch, as are fituate to- 
wards the other 7r^f/V^ 5 and in all places^ of fuch, as at the time 
of Obftrvaiion, are about 4, hours diftanc from the Meridian. 
An Account 
of [ome ohfervations , lately made Spain, hj 
His Excellency the Ea.rl of S and wich, 
THe Right Honourable the Earl of Sandwich, y as he appears 
eminent indifcharging the Trufl:, his Majefty hath repofed 
in him, of A mbaffador Extraordinary to the King of ^Jp^/V? ; fo 
he forgets not in the midft of that Employment , that he is a 
Member of the Royal Society but does from time to time , when 
his weighty State-Negotiations do permit , imploy himfelf in 
making confiderableObfervations of divers kinds , hoih A (Irone- 
mical Fhyftologicalij and communicateth the fame to the faid 
society as for inftance, lately , what he has obferv'd concerning 
the SolarEcliffe in ^^mehfi y the Suns height in the Solffice, and 
alfo the Latitude of Madrid ^ efteeming by the Suns Altitude in 
the Solflice, and by other Meridian Altitudes , the Latitudt of 
Madrid to be 4odeg. 10 min-, which differs confiderably from that 
alTigned by others 5 the General Chart of Europe giving to it 
41 deg. 30 min. the General Map of Spain , 40 deg. \2j min. 
A large Provincial Map of C7^/?/7^,4Qdeg/38miri; ' '^^ • 
* To thefe particulars 3 and others formerly imparted / his Ex- 
cel'lency is making more of the fame nature- 5 and particularly 
thofeof thelmmerfionof the Satellites of Jupiter. 
We mufl not omit mentioning here, what he hath obferved of 
Malo\ about the Moon ,5 which he relates in thefe words ^ 
Decemb.2'). Old Style ^ 1666. In -the Evening 5'here(vid.' at 
Madrid) was a great Halo about the Moon , the Semidiameter 
whereof was about 23 deg, 30 min. Aldeharan was juft inthe 
North^eafl part of the Circle , andthe twoHorfts-of y/w^ 
enclofed by the South-mjl of the Cinle ^ the Moon being in the 
Center. I note this the rather Qaith he} becaufe five or fix years 
ago, vid. Novemh. 21. old Style ^ 1661. anhour after Sun- fer> 
Ifaw a great Halo ^o\xt the Moon of the fame Semidiameter, < 
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