c >?8 : 
*vernefs Northward 5 fo that a Part of England , and 
almoft all Scotland , were within its Limits. I have 
not as yet learned how far the North Limit was from 
us : In Expectation of fome Letters from the remote 
Parts concerning this Limit, I have fo long delayed 
fending you this Account ; but I am informed, that the 
Weather was very unfavourable there. 
Ten Days before the Eclipfe, I wrote to many of 
my Acquaintance in the Country, defiring that they 
would determine the Duration of the annular Appear- 
ance as exa&ly as poflible 3 in Hopes, by comparing 
their Obfervations, to have traced the Path of the 
Centre and the Limits of this Ehanomenon after the 
Example given in i/if, by Dr. Halley , to whom we 
owe the beft Defcription of an Eclipfe that Aftrono- 
mical Hiftory affords. I fhall give you an Abftrad of 
the Accounts I received in Anfwer to thefe Letters, 
after I have deferibed our Obfervations at Edinburgh, 
The Times of the Appearances here were deter- 
mined by a Pendulum Clock, which Mr. Graham 
gave me feme Years ago, from whom I alfo had the 
meridian Inftrument by which it is examined. The 
meridian Line was often adjufted in the ufual Manner, 
and an exaCt Account of the Sun’s Tranfits in the Me- 
ridian, and of the Tranfits of Erocyon in a fix’d Tele- 
fcope, was kept by Mr. Short for a long time before 
and after the Eclipfe; and, by comparing his Obferva- 
tions, I cannot doubt but that the Times were deter- 
mined with fufficientExadnefs. I was often with him 
when he examined the Meridian, and obferved thofe 
Tranfits; particularly the Day of the Eclipfe, when by 
the Suns Paflage in the Meridian, we found that the 
Clock was before the apparent Time 13 Minutes 27 
Seconds; 
