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diftinguifh the tail with the one foot glafs ; I judged 
it to be about 4° long. I compared the nucleus 
with the fame ftar N® 4. 
The 28th I could not fee the comet before 10 
o’clock by reafon of thin clouds; its appearances 
were greatly diminiflied ; it is no longer pollible to 
f^e it with the naked eye (nor indeed has it been fo 
for thefe feveral days ^ ). I compared the nucleus 
with the fame ftar N° 4. 
The 29th a cloudy night ; the 30th I again 
faw the comet, but with great difficulty. Its light 
was confiderably abated, and might be farther eclipfed 
by that of the moon, which was now near her firft 
quarter ; and it is to be prefumed we fhall not fee 
this comet much longer. The increafing light of 
the moon miifl in a few days prevent its being vifi- 
'ble. I have yet been able to compare the nucleus to 
a new ftar N" 9 of the firft Table. The pofition 
of this new ftar has been found by comparing it 
with fome new ftars of Flamftead’s catalogue. 
The 3 I ft was cloudy, as was like wife the ift of June. 
The 2d I faw the comet in the interftices of the 
clouds, but could not take its pofition ; but the 3d 
I faw it again between the clouds, where 'the fky 
was perfe^ly clear. Its light was very dim, and 
none but fuch eyes as had been accuftomed to fee it 
could have perceived it at all. This was partly 
occafioned by the neighbourhood of the moon which 
was paft her firft quarter, fo that this day may be 
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* It is to be obferved here that the comet, on the 28th of 
May, appeared much of the fame fizc, as when I firft difcovercd 
it on the 21ft of January at night, though fomcwhat brighter. 
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