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ExtraUs oj two letters written fromV)2iihyy Ncvemb. 71, andDe- 
cemb 2. 1 67 1 . 6y Mr.]o\\u t lamftead to the Publtfjer^ touching 
fdme late Appearances of Saturn. 
ThQ/lrfi fpeaks thus 5 
OCtob. 1 2. laft paft^ at my firft viewing Saturn wi«th my 
lefs Tube, 1 thought 1 faw fomething on each fide 
of hiro, amidft the Colours of my Glafs and the Spurious 
rays ot his Body» Directing my longer Tube (of 14 feet) to 
him, I could fee his y^«//?/fomewhat more diftindtly, bur very 
{lender, and to one 3 that thought not of them, fcarce 
difcernable. 
The otier faith ; 
Lafl; Thurfday night , Novemb. 90» (the only clear night 
we have had of late,) I obferved Saturn with my 14 foot 
'TelefcopCj the Aperture being il inch, and its Eye^glafs 
drawing two inches. He appeared perfeftly round , free 
from rays and colours 5 and no jfnfk to befcen. My wor- 
thy friend Mr. Townly in his laft to me, bearing date iVo- 
vemh^ 20. 1671 , defireth me to continue the Obfervations 
of Saturn^ telling me, that he looked at him one nighty 
and could hardly diftinguifli his Line of the Anfulce^ but 
plainly faw a dark line through him near his Upper 
part. 
A week or two after the Obfervation of Saturn, which I made 
OcSob. 12^ and fent you in my former, I had frequently 
the fame Appearance 5 though in a wider. Aperture, than I 
ufe at prefent, dc. 
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