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give me light into the Caufe of the Motion already 
mentioned. There was Variety enough of fmall 
ones ; and not lels than twelve, that I could oblerve 
through all the Seafons of the Year } they being 
bright enough to be feen in the Day-time, when 
neareft the Sun. I had not been long observing, be- 
fore I perceived, that the Notion we had before en- 
tertained of the Stars being farthefl; North and South, 
when the Sun was about the Equinoxes, was only 
true of thole that were near the folftitiai Colure : And 
alter I had continued my Oblervations a few Months, 
I difeovered, what I then apprehended to be a gene- 
ral Law, obferved by all the Stars, viz. That each 
of them became ftationary, or was farthefl; North or 
South, when they palled over my Zenith at fix of 
the Clock, either in the Morning or Evening. I per- 
ceived likewife, that whatever Situation the Stars 
were in with relpedi to the cardinal Points of the 
Ecliptick, the apparent Motion of every one tend- 
ed the fame Way, when they palled my Inftrument 
about the lame Hour of the Day or Night ; for they 
all moved Southward, while they palled in the Day, 
and Northward in the Night ; fo that each was far- 
theft North, when it came about Six of the Clock in 
the Evening, and farthefl; South, when it came a- 
bout Six in the Morning. 
Though I have fince difeovered, that the Maxima 
in moll: of thefe Stars do not happen exactly when 
they come to my Inftrument at thefe Hours, yet not 
being able at that time to prove the contrary, and 
iuppofing that they did, I endeavoured to find out 
what Proportion the greateft Alterations of Decli- 
nation in different Stars bore to each other ; it being 
very 
