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circle, whofe. Center was the Sun, paffing betw/xt it 
and the TMt^iib. This Appearance continued about 
half an Hour. 
Des Cartes in his Book of Meteor, calls fuch Pheno- 
mena Farhelia^ or Mock Suns , and gives us the Hiflo- 
ry of Five feen zt Rome , in the year 1629. March 
the 20th , and Demonflrates , that there m^y fome- 
times , according to the Laws of Refradion and Re- 
flexion, appear Six at one time, viz. Five mock Sun?, 
and the true one. 
I chanced to be at home alone, and (aw no Body to 
whom Ixoiild impart what I faw, till after the Mock- 
Suns vaniflied, nor do I hear of any , but m.y (elf, 
that (aw them ; yet may you be certain, that I have 
not deceived my felf or you. 
V. A Supplement to the Account of a Scolopen- 
dra Marina, ^c, Defcribed N^a25. of 
thefc Tranfaiimri. By Dr. Tho, Molyneux, 
I Find a Letter (Philofoph, Tranfa^. Numb. 249^ of 
Mr. Dales to Dr. Lifter^ wherein he mentions the 
Scolopendra Marina I gave an Account of, Numb. 1x5. 
of the Tranfatlions, as defcribed by Kondeletius, under 
the Title of Phyfalus, in his Book, Uerifcilus ; but ^ 
muft crave leave to differ from him in Opinion as to 
this Particular : For I conceive that Author could not 
underftand by the Name of Phyfalm^ what I mean by 
Scolopendra Marina^ c mare Hyberoico, but feme 
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