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to have lain in confequencc of the head; but the /J;?^^ of Caf- 
fiopA is now in o 13° 24.' in antecedence of rhe Comet, whofe 
Tail lay nor therefore in confequence^ but in antecedence of 
the line pafling through its head and the Sun, at about an angle 
of 10 degrees. 
Next Night, being that following the 23 of J/>r/7 , I a- 
gain waited for the Comets rifing \ but the Heavens were thick 
of fcattered Clouds, and mod where the Comet rofe, fo that I 
almofl defpaired of feeing it *, till about |of an hour after two 
I faw its Tail,which appeared much fliorter than laft morning 
through a break of the Clouds ,^ which foon after opening 
wider I faw the head too,and hafting I meafured irsdiftance. 
AfYtl 25 at 14*' 51' p. from Mirach 21^ 09'; but before I 
could get the plain of the Sextant to Algol, the Clouds came o- 
ver the Comet again,and I could fee it no more. 
Hence, and from a courfe Obfervation of it feat me by an 
ingenious Friend, I found its motion wasdire^, and its lati- 
tude decreafing. I hoped nevcrthelefs I might fee it again in 
the Evenings following , and waited for it ; but though they 
proved fometimes clear I could never find it, and I believed, 
that henceforward to us it would beunobfervable* 
Account of feme Books : 
h The Natural Hipyy of OXFORDSHIRE, being an EJfay 
toward the Natural Hiftory cf ENGLAND: % Robert 
Plot, LL. D. Printed at the theater inOKfoxd^i 61 J JnfoL 
THe worthy and learned Author of this Work, having very 
generouily undertaken to make a fuller and ftrifter fur- 
vey of the Natural and Artificial things of England, than hath 
been made hitherto, and being induced to this undertaking by 
the confideration of advancing thereby both the knowledge of 
Nature, and the bufinefa of Trade ; hath begun to execute this 
Noble defign by giving us a very particular account of what 
occurred to him , for the moft part upon his own perfonal 
tnquhy^ in Oxfordshire. An attempt fo confiderable, that if ic 
were purfued by fit perfons all over the World with care, 
judgment and diligence , would in time produce a juft Hijlory 
of Nature^ and furnifli both thePhilofopber with good Mate- 
rials to work with,and generally all forts of men with the plea- 
fant and ufeful knowledge of the riches and wonders of the 
World. 
