Dr. Herschel's Observations on the 
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the darkest and broadest ; the middlemost is nearly as dark, 
but not quite so broad. (W) The air is much disturbed by 
wind, and flying haziness. 
5 h f. The quintuple belt is very distinct. The southmost 
belt is less faint than it was at i h 25' ; but the wind is too high, 
and the air too disturbed, to examine it minutely. (X) 
Dec. 13. 23” 40'. (Cor. — 8' 4", 7-.) I see the divisions of 
the quintuple belt very well ; but there is a dry wind, and the 
telescope will not shew objects with that degree of distinct- 
ness which it usually does, when moisture is discharged from 
the air, by the precipitation of dew. (Y) 
o h 46'. I see the quintuple belt very well. 
Remark on the Shadows of Saturn and its Ring. 
On the south following part of the ring, close to the body of the 
planet, is the shadow of the body. 
The shadow of the ring upon the body of the planet close to the 
ring, is not parallel to the ring at the two extremes, but a little 
broader there, than in the middle ; the ends turning towards the 
south. 
2 h 4'. The bright divisions between the belts are very nar- 
row. The southmost dark belt is not much less faint than the 
northmost. (Z) 
2 h 51k The southmost dark belt on the preceding side, 
which at 23” 40', I thought was a little more south than the 
inside of the ring, now falls short of it. The broad bright belt 
also seems to be narrower now, than it was at that time.* 
* Suspecting that the situation and direction of the belts might not be uniform 
all around the planet, I began to be more careful in describing the particulars relating 
to those circumstances; but found, soon after, that no additional light could be 
gathered from an attention to them. 
