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II. An Eclipfe of the -Sun, July 14. 1748. 
obferved by the Right Honourable James 
Earl of Morton, Mr . le Monnier, Royal 
Aftronomer and Member of the Royal Aca- 
demy of Sciences at Paris, and Mr . Ja. 
Short, Fellows of the Royal Society. 
Rea^ Dec. 8. ■ *HESE Obfervations were made at 
1 Aberdour Cattle, belonging to the 
Caid Earl, whole Latitude is 56° 4' N. 
Mr. le Monnier having come over from France to 
go to Scotland , to obferve the annular Eclipfe of the 
Sun, July 14. 1748. I was defirous to contribute 
all that lay in my Power to aflift him, and therefore 
refolved to go to Scotland with the Right Honour- 
able the Earl of Morton , who was fogood as to per- 
mit us the Honour of accompanying him. 
We arrived at Edinburgh July 4. and imme- 
diately went to the College, to enquire what Prepa- 
rations were made there, in confequence of Letters 
we had wrote before we left London s when Mr. 
Alexander Monro , Profeflor of Anatomy, informed 
us, that, upon Receipt of ours, he had wrote circu- 
lar Letters to all his Friends in different Parts of the 
Country, to prepare, in the beft manner they could, 
for the 1110ft exad Obfervation of this Eclipfe. 
We found that the meridian Mark, which had 
been fettled from Obfervations, by the late worthy 
Mr. Mac Laurin , was loft, by the taking down of 
a Chimney, upon which it was fixed 5 and Mr. 
Matthew 
