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IV. ExtraSi of a Letter from Mr, George 
Witchell, F. R. S. and Mafter of the 
Royal Academy at Portfmouth ? to Charles 
Morton, M, D. Sec. R . S. mclofwg fo?ne 
Account of a Solar Fclipfe cbferved at 
George’s liland, by Captain Wallis; and 
fever al Aftronomical Gbfervations made at 
Portfmouth. 
To Cha. Morton, Sec. R. S. &c. 
S I R, 
£ead Feb. ij, if Beg the favour of you to lay before 
the Royal Society, an extraft of a 
letter to me from Captain Wallis, containing an ob- 
fervation of a folar eclipfe, which happened during 
his ftay at George’s Iiland, from which I have caR 
culated the difference of meridians between that 
place and Greenwich. 
To this I have fubjoined fonie agronomical ob- 
fervations, which have been made here by Mr. Brad- 
ley and myfelf, both before and fince the building 
of the Obfervatory belonging to the Academy ; 
which, if they fhould prove acceptable to the Royal 
Society, will induce us to take every opportunity of 
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