C 2‘3 ) 
III. 'Obfervathns upon the Cornet^ that appeared 
in Ofluber ^7^3, made at Bombay ; and upon 
an Eclipfc of the Moon, Oft. 21, 1724? at 
Gomroon in Perfia. Mr. William 
Saunderfon. Communicated by Dr^ Halley, 
Aftron. Reg. R. S, S, - 
Bombay, Sept, ii, 1715 . 
I N the Month of OHoler 1723, being riding at 
Bombay y a Brightnefs in the Heavens appear’d in a 
Right Line, (or but very little to the Eaftward of one) 
with Lyra and the Bright Star in the Eag/cy being a- 
bout 50^ diflant from the laft; and on Monday the 
yth following it had advanced lo*? toward the Eagle^ 
moving towards it inthe forementioneddiredion, from 
the S.E. Quarter. I took the following Diftances be- 
tween 9 and 10 at Night, as in this Table. 
Did. from the 
Days. 
0 
f 
I 
7 
40 
00 
2 
lO 
^3 
3 
1 1 
20 
3°. 
4 
13 
17 
40 • 
5 
^ 5 * 
14 
40 
6 
19 
I [ 
40 j 
At firft it looked only like one of the White Spots 
called the Magellanic Clouds y the Space filling the Field 
F f of 
