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he went up by Ladders into a Tower or Steeple in that 
City, 100 Foot high, where he, and thofe with him, faw 
the Sun on the 14th oijune^ 1694. till n Hours, 53 
Min. at Night, when a little Cloud covering it, it dit 
appear'd, and at Hours 6 Minutes, it (hined with 
moft Bright Rays rifmg out of the Cloud. The Na- 
tives ufed to fee the Sun all Night, when 'tis Fair Wea- 
ther at this time of the Year. This Obfervation was 
wrote down by the K.ing, and he ufed to talk with Ma- 
thematicians about it at his return ; who telling him 
much depended on the Situation of the Place, he refol- 
ved to fend thebeft Mathematicians of his Kingdom thi- 
ther next Year, to note and relate every thing exadlly. 
In the Second Chapter he tells us, he, the Author, and 
one Andrew Spole, Mathematick ProfefTor at Vffal, were 
ftnt into the North Countries, and defigned to go further 
North than torneo\ they went out the 2 ift of May^ 0, S. 
and after Sixteen Days hazardous Travelling, by reafon 
of the Difficulties of the Ferries, Rivers and Ways, which 
were but juft thawed, and not yet firm, came to Torfteo. 
ThisTown has confiderableTraffickwith£tf^/W,/7»/W, 
and Mufcovy^whither they go in Winter with Rain Deer. 
The firft Night the Sun was hid in a Cloud at 11 h. 
1$'. and 45". They obfervedthe Latitude of the Place 
to be 65-°. 43' and that it was 4°. 50'. more Eaftward- 
ly than Stockholm^ which was obferv'd by Three Pen- 
dulum Clocks and Watches carried with them, agree- 
ing with the Maps. The Variation of the Needle 7^^. 
Weft. 
In €l;apJU. we are toldthey obferv'd in the Night be- 
tween the lothand i ith o^Jme, i of the Sun and its Cen- 
ter above the Horizon, only i under, and that not only in 
the Turret, but alfo on the Ground where the North 
Profpeft appeared clear (which came from Refradion). 
They went Northward Ten Miles, through a River, 
where 
