Mr. Jacobs at Lisbon noted July 2. Stylo Vet, ; 
The beginning of the at i . h- 30' exadly. 
The ending at 4- h- 1 2'. 
ExtraU of theMinutQS of the Dublin Society /r<?;;2 
]uIy ^th, to the 12, 16^4.. 
Mr. 4/^ and yir Moljneauxy though the day being mucho- 
vercaft, hindred them from taking anything accuratly, yet 
gave fome account oftheit ohjerzfatiom viz. that toward the 
middle of the Edipfe having a fhort view of the Sun-, they 
judgd that about D/gtts were cover d: at the ending alfo 
havirig;a faint view thereof^ they affigned its erJ, at 3. h- 
S 6 ' p. m. 
ExtraU of a Letter of Mr. William Molyneauxj'. P. S. 
of J^nhViw dat. Sept. 2. 1684. 
The fame EcU^fe was obferved by one Mt. Oshum nigh Trc 
dagh in this ComPj Ijat' 53. 40'. Imtium i.h* 3 7'. ^ o '. Fi?2i^ 
3.h. ^(^'.zo''. 
Cafp. Baitholini Thom. V.de DuSiu S^Hvali ha^t^- 
nus non defer ipto^Obfervatio Anatomica. 
EO jam pervtntumeft in Anatomesftudio, ut nec in Majo-> 
rum placitis tuto acquiefcere iiec ilia fola admittere pof- 
fimus^quse novo fe commendant titulo, fed qujsrendum eft> 
potius prudcns remperamentum, ut & h^ec & ilia commode, 
jungamus. & ubique cavendum inprimis, ne a natura ipla re- 
cedamtis. Quin & non hie fubiiftendum, ubi fubftiterunt. 
antenos alii, fed progrediendum ulterius, ut, qux adhuc du- 
bia funt, illuftrentur, quse latent, detegantur. Habent enim 
plurima Veteres, quse exponenda funt, fed cum, deled:u in- 
yenerunt alia Recentiorcs, quse his addenda funt, fed cum 
judicio & circumfpette ; reliant adhuc plura, qu^e nobis ulte- 
riori ftudio inveftiganda veniunt. 
Et, ut alia taceam, certe fontes faliv^ & vafa illam ad ca- 
vitatem oris deducentia.non plan^ignota fuifle videntur ve- 
teribus, hcet falten? quafi per nebulam obfervata. Non ta- 
men ideo fua laus detrahenda eft Recentioribus, qui ulterius 
prcgreffi; manifeftius has gJandulas defcripferunt; & va(a iali- 
vaHa 
