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found 302° 21' 30" and its Declination 4 0 28^40'' 
N. followed the Comet i 5 7' 40'' in Right Afcenfion, 
being 13' 3" more Northerly. Hence the Comeths 
Right Afcenfion was 301° 13' 50'' and its Decima- 
tion^ 4 0 1 5' 37" N. 
November 14, 6 h* 2 c/ a Star, whofe Right Afcen- 
fion was found 30 1 0 27' 10" and its Declination 4° 
59' 40" N. preceded the Comet 5' 35" in Right A- 
fcenfion, being 5'’ 50" more Southerly. Hence the 
Comet’s Right Afcenfion was 301° 32' 45T and its 
Declination 5 0 5' 30^ N. 
This was the la ft Time that I obferved the Plate of 
the. Comet ’till after the Full Moon .-, my Affairs cal- 
ling me to Oxford, where I had no Convenience 
for making fucfi Obfervations. 
Dr. Halley and Mr* Graham continued to obferve 
the Comet ’til l November 20 j and according to both 
their Obfervations that Evening, at 7 b. 45' the Co- 
met followed @ in Collo JquiU 6° 33 / 5 5" in Right 
Afcenfion, being about 4' mote Northerly than the* 
Star, Hence the Comet’s 1 Right Afcenfion was 301-° 
5.9' 5 q// an d its Declination 5 0 48' 55" N. 
The Light of the Moon daily increafing, prevented 
them from making, any more Obfervations, the Co- 
met being by this time grown fo faint, as to become 
in a manner imperceptible while the Moon (hone 
bright. And the faint Appearance which it made 
before the Moon obftru&ed the Sight of it* gave lit- 
tle Hopes of its- being to be feen again alter the 
Full Moon, Notwithstanding which on De^nber 3. 
(being then near Cirencejler in Glvcefterjlrire) I was. 
tempted by the Serenity of the Evening* and the 
Ufe of a very good Telefcope of 10 Foot,- to look 
for it again before the Moon rofe yand I found it 
among To me final! Telefcopical Stars : but it appear’d 
