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XXXV. A Belt on the Difc of Saturn defcribed in an ex - 
trail of a Letter from Mr. Me filer, F. R. S. to Mr. 
Magellan, F. R. S. Dated Paris, May 2.9, 17 76- 
R * J^ e 6 6 > T HAVE obferved, lince the 14th of May, a 
A belt of a fainter light on the body of Saturn, 
oppolite to the part of the ring behind the planet. It is 
pretty broad, and almolt as diftindt as thofe of Jupiter. 
It was with a very good achromatic of three foot and a 
half, : made by Mr. dolland, that I difcovered this ap- 
pearance. I wifh you would communicate it to the aftro- 
nomers, becaufe thofe who are furnifhed with better in- 
ftruments may, perhaps, fee fome inequalities in this belt 
of Saturn, and fo the time of the planet’s revolution on 
its axis may be better afcertained than it is at prelent. 
MelT. john and james cassini feem to have been the 
only aftronomers who difcovered this phenomenon about 
the end of the laft century. 
XXXVI. An 
