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The 26th, the cloudy weather prevented my fee- 
ing the comet ; but the 27th, the fky being tolerably 
clear, tho’ the air was not altogether free from va- 
pours, I again faw the comet, but could form no 
judgment of its appearances. I compared the nu- 
cleus with a new ftar which is the 25th of my table, 
which I knew by comparing it with fome ftars in 
Flamftead’s catalogue. I alfo diredly compared the 
nucleus of the comet with the i6th fiar of Pifces, 
See the fecond table. 
The 28th, the Iky being pretty clear in the even- 
ing, I began to fee the comet at 264. above the ho- 
rizon ; but the air was fo much darkened by fome 
fire- works which had juft been played off at the Prince 
of Conde’s, that I could neither judge of its ftiape 
or brightnefs. All I could do was to compare it 
three times with the new ftar mentioned above, N° 
25 of my table, and once with the i6th of Pifces. 
The 29th and 30th it was too cloudy to fee the 
comet, but the 31ft it cleared up a little j the comet 
appeared between the clouds, though not plain enough 
to judge of its increafe, but only to compare it with two 
ftars, which are not in Flamftead’s maps, nor men- 
tioned in his catalogue, but are not far from the ftar' 
k of Pifces of the 5th magnitude, with which I 
compared them. They are both fet down in the 
firft table, N° 23 and 24. 
February i, the fky being perfedtly clear in the 
evening, the comet appeared, notwithftanding a 
ftrong twilight and the neighbourhood of the moon. 
I compared the nucleus with the fame two new ftars, 
N° 23 and 24. The clearnefs of the air this night 
induced me to meafure the diameter of the coma of 
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