58 Dr. Herschei/s Discovery of four additional 
“ chiefly look for them in the direction of their orbits, which 
“ is now nearly a straight line.” 
“ April 5, 1796. There is no star in the line of the transverse, 
“ that can be taken for a satellite : the evening is very beauti- 
“ ful, and I examined that line with 300, at a distance ; and 
“ with 600, within the orbits of the two satellites.” 
“ March 23, 1797. Three very small stars O P Q, are in the 
“ path of the planet ; they form an obtuse triangle.” 
“ March 25. n h 4'. A very bright star S, at almost the dis- 
“ tance of the field of view, is a little south of the path of the 
“ planet. It has a small north preceding star T, which points 
“ to two more V W, towards the north.” 
“ Between the triangle of March 23d and the four last men- 
" tioned stars, is a very small star X.” 
“ March 28. io h 52'. I see the stars ST VWX of March 
“ 25th.” 
“ 1 i h 25'. From X towards the triangle O P Q of March 23d, 
“ is an exceeding small star Y, about four times the distance 
“ of the 2d satellite, and nearly in the line of the greatest elonga- 
“ tion. I do not remember to have seen it the 25th.” 
“ n h 41'. The distance of Y from X is about \ of the dis- 
“ tance of X from the triangle. It requires much attention to 
“ see it ; but I have a very complete view of it, by drawing 
“ the planet just out of the field, and the star X almost on 
“ the preceding side.” 
Arguments upon the Reports and Observations . 
From the reports of the great number of supposed satellites, 
compared with the select observations which are given at length, 
it must be evident that the method of looking for difficult 
