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the horizon, for that very purpofe. The night con- 
tinued equally clear and ferene, as did the morning, 
till after the eclipfe j half an hour after which it be- 
gan to overcaft, and put on the fame cloudy appear- 
ance it has wore for fome months part. Although 
the morning was fo favourable, yet we loft the be- 
ginning of the eclipfe, from being too long in getting 
to our pofts ; however, I here fend you the contacts, 
with the different fpots of the Sun, and its end mod: 
exaftly. If you obferved the fpots, it will, I imagine, 
be as exadl as if the beginning and end only had been 
obferved. 
I am, , ■ ' 
Sir, ^ 
Your moft obedient, 
humble fervant, 
James Lind. 
P. S. I hear the day proved alfo very favourable at 
Glafgow. 
Mean 
