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XK. A Letter from John Bevis, M. D. to 
the Rev, Thomas Birch, D, D. Secretary 
to the Royal Society \ cordaming AJirono??ti- 
cal Ohjervatio?is^ made at Vienna, hy the 
Rev, Father Jofeph Lielganig, 
Dear Sir ; 
Rcad^ April 25, AT HER Lelfgaiilg, in a very 
^ ^ , 1 a polite and I'enlible Latin letter, 
dated Vienna, April 3, 1765, informs me, that a 
correfpondence between himlelf and me had been 
recommended to him by Father Bofchowick, who 
paid him a vilit in his return from Conftantinople j and 
h ather Bofchowick above a year ago fent me a very 
high charader of his confrere’s affedion, afTiduity, 
and abilities for aftronomical obfervations. You will, 
therefore. Sir, be pleafed to lay the inclofcd fett, 
which 1 have juft received from him, before the 
Royal Society j as they, indeed, appear to me to 
have been made with much care and circumfpec- 
tion. 
By his own account, he was appointed to the Ob- 
fervatory of the jefuits College at Vienna towards 
the end of 1754; where he found, indeed, a large 
ftock of inftruments, but moftly unfiniftied and 
imperfed ; that, after fpending a whole year in 
getting them fit for ufe, he had difagreeable and un- 
avoidable avocations, which kept him fome years 
from refuming the care of his beloved Obfervatory j 
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