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XL VIII. An Account of an Obfervation 
of an Rclipfe of the Moony made at 
Hawkhillj near Edinburgh. In a Let^ 
ter to the Aftronomer Rojaly from James 
Lind, Af. D, 
Edinburgh, December 14, 
1769. 
Dear Sir, 
Read Dec. 21, T H E R E fend you our obfervations 
on the edipfe of the Moon, the 12th 
current ; I willi it had rather been an account of an 
occultation, but the feeing of them feems to be de- 
nied to us : the night of the laft was the only cloudy 
night that has been here for thefe four weeks paft j 
the weather having been more like fummer weather 
than that of winter. 
The morning of the edipfe was very clear, and in- 
clining to froft. Before we got to the obfervatory, 
near one third of the Moon’s difc, where the firft con- 
tad began, was covered with a fmoaky appearance, 
which made us apprehend the edipfe was begun ; 
but, on getting to the obfervatory, we faw, by our 
telefcopes, the Moon’s limb was ftill untouched ; 
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