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XXXIV. Aftro7wmkal Obfervatmts made 
by Samuel Holland, Efqulre^ Surveyor- 
General of Lands for the Northern Di- 
friSl of North- America ; and Others of 
his Party. Co?n 7 nunicated by the Afro- 
no7ner Roy ah 
Obf, of Lat. 
M arch 8, 1769, obferved by Samuel 
Holland, Erquire, at his houfe, bearing 
fouth, 56° weft from Quebec, diftance from the 
caftle of St. Lewis 2-| miles, with Bird’s 
aftronomical quadrant, the latitude, viz. 
O / // 
Zenith angle of the Sun’s upper limb 51 4 O 
Deduct for the Sun’s fouthern decli- 1 ^ 
jaation } 4 3+ 3' 
46 29 29 
Add the Sun’s femi-diameter i6 9, 
Ditto refradtion i 42 
North latitude by obfervation 46 47 20 
Obft. ofLong. March ii, 1769, obferved by the fame at the 
fame place, with Dollond’s reiVacfting telefcope, 
an immerfion of the firft fatellite of Jupiter, at 
15; hours, and 45 fcconds,, raeaa or equal 
time. 
