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thofe which were obferved 8 years before, it may 
be prefumed that the foregoing computation will be 
found not to differ very widely from the truth. 
Having redtified the globe to the declination of the 
fun at the middle of the tranfitr=:22°. 26'. 40", and 
alfo at the times of the two internal contads, I find that 
the whole tianfit will be vifible to a confiderable part of 
Swedifh Lapland, the northernmoff parts of Afia, 
and the northern and N. W. parts of North America • 
for the circle of illumination at the firff internal con- 
tad pafTes along the weftern coaft of Africa from 
Cape Verd through the Straits of Gibraltar to Cler- 
mont in France, leaving Paris about a degree and a 
half to the Weft j from thence it pafies throuo^h 
Germany and along the Baltic Gulf, through Wi- 
bourg and Archangel, along the northern coaft of 
Afia i and then traverfing the N. E. parts of Siberia, 
it pafies over Japan, enters the great Atlantic ocean, 
leaves the Marian ifles and New Zealand on the 
Weft, and running round Cape Horn, and near 
Falkland ifle, pafies on to Cape Verd through the 
Ethiopic ocean, in a diredion nearly parallel to the 
eaftern coaft of South America. Ail places fituated 
under the firft part of this line from Nova Zembla 
towards Cape Horn will fee Venus enter upon the 
fun at the time of fun-fetting, and at fun-rifing un- 
der the other half of it. — The circle of illumination 
at the beginning of egrefs enters Europe to the North 
of Drontheim in Norway, and crofiing the Bothnic 
and Finland gulfs, pafies over Mufcovy and the 
Cafpian fea j and running through Perfia traverfes the 
Arabian gulf, going fouthward near the ifles of Mal- 
divia, and taking a large circuit towards the South 
U u 2 Pole, 
