( 1594 ) 
kint^, that (altho I feldom love to fpeak confidently, . 
yet) l ean allure every one- that there are but two forts 
of them in- thofe parts of li^^/^W where I have been, 
viz. the. few quick beats of the Son'icephalus {2iS ^ 
Swammerdam hath nain'd itjdefcrib'd by Mr Allen :^ and 
the longer and more leifurely Beats of that Infeft I have 
now been fpeaking of. There are indeed Scarab^i Graf- 
he ppers, Crickets, &c. which make peculiar noiTes. But 
there are no Creatures which make thele regular clicking 
Boifes (hkethe Beats of a Pocket-Watch) but only that 
&arah£HJ: Somce^hulHs^ and o\xt Pcdicnlm Pnljatorms. 
TyefeBus LuniZ ObferVatio^ Me Solis i 2^ Decern^ 
hm, hahita frope Mercatorium ^egium Londini^ a J. 
Hod^foji S. S. tempore matutino^ J. i/oj, 
Arato Telefcopio pedum duodecitn longirudioe eoque 
ad altitudinem idoneam fublato bora quarta matu- 
tina, non levis mihi affulfit fpes, fore, ur ipliimEclipfeos 
imtium percipecem, quia etfi Coelum non plane elfet fe- 
jenum^ Mubes tamen adeo erant tenues ut ipfumLunas 
limbom facile cernerem, & per intervalla quaedam prx* 
cipux Lunae maouke diftindecoalpieiebantur^ fed 20 min. 
aut circiter poft quartam denfae nubes obortai funt 5 qti^ 
Gum ferrentur a piaga Coeli qu^e eft fitter occidentem 8c 
Auftrum, verfus partem oppofitam ita Luuam obtexerunt 
lit mihi nuHomodo confpicua fuerit nifi 3^ min» poft quar- 
tsrm tunc enim ineonfpeftum meum redijt.&mihi vifus .efi: 
tantus ab OrientitU era defeftus quantusfien pottit 3 aut 
4<«iinutis horariis ab ingreffu prima ia umbram nuraera- 
tis^ ejus maculivs fat diftinfte percipere non potui,ad de- 
cernendum qua parte ilia diliquium pati coepit, neclicuit: 
f er tempus Eclipfeos quantitat^ 4iffictiri 3 fed 4 min. 
