Defectus Lunae Observatio, Die Solis 12 degrees Decembris, Habita Prope Mercatorium Regium Londini, a J. Hodgson R. S. S. Tempore Matutino, A. 1703

kind, that (altho I seldom love to speak confidently, yet) I can assure every one that there are but two sorts of them in those parts of England where I have been, viz. the few quick beats of the Scarabæus Sonicephalus as Swammerdam hath nam'd it; describ'd by Mr Allen; and the longer and more leisurely Beats of that Insect I have now been speaking of. There are indeed Scarabei Grasshoppers, Crickets, &c. which make peculiar noises. But there are no Creatures which make these regular clicking noises (like the Beats of a Pocket-Watch) but only that Scarabæus Sonicephalus, and our Pediculus Pulsatorius. N. Defectus Luna Observatio, die Solis 12° Decembris, habita prope Mercatorium Regium Londini, a J. Hodgson R. S. S. tempore matutino, A. 1703. Parato Telescopio pedum duodecim longitudine eoque ad altitudinem idoneam sublato hora quarta matutina, non levis mihi affulsit spes, fore, ut ipsum Eclipseos initium perciperem, quia et si Coelum non plane esset ferrentum, Nubes tamen adeo erant tenues ut ipsum Lunæ limbum facile cernerem, & per intervalla quaedam praecipua Lunæ maculae distincte conspiciebantur, sed 20 min. aut circiter post quartam densae nubes obortae sunt; quae cum ferrentur a plaga Coeli quae est inter occidentem & Austrum, versus partem oppositam ita Lunam obtexerunt ut mihi nullomodo conspicua fuerit nisi 35 min. post quartam tunc enim inconsideratum meum recisi & mihi visus est tantus ab Orientali ora defectus quam si fieri potuit 3 aut 4 minutis horariis ab ingressu primo in umbram numeratis, ejus maculas sat distincte percipere non potui; ad decernendum qua parte illa diligentiam pati coepit, nec licuit per tempus Eclipseos quantitatem dimetiri; sed 4 min. post post 5 quantum conjectare potui illa sex fermè digitorum spacio obscurata fuit. Eam vidi per intervalla usque ad horam quintam cum 35 min. quo tempore deerant ad summum 3 min. à totali ejus immersione, tunc autem parva Nubes sed densa ita Lunam operuit, ut eam amplius non viderim & quamvis maxime intentus fuerim, ut si fieri posset ejus Emersionem viderem nullomodo mihi licuit tum ob crassitiam Vaporum qui erant circa Horizontem, tum ob diei adventantem lucem eam oculis cernere. Ab initio usque ad tempus Immersionis Luna mihi conspicua facta est plusquam Vigesies, sed propter intercurrentes Nubes, & breve temporis spatium quo eam intueri licebat penes me non fuit quidquam exæcte, satis definire at quamvis hæc Observatio utilis valde esse non possit ad Lunarios numeros expendendos, illa tamen sufficit ad curiosis satisfacendum eosque convincendum illos numeros non multum a vero aberrare. VI. An Extract of a Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S. to Dr Nehemiah Grew, Fellow of the College of Physicians and R.S. concerning a Ball voided by Stool. A Poor Apprentice Girl at Rawden, 4 miles from Leeds in Yorkshire, about 14 years of Age, having been tormented with Colical, and, as was suppos'd, Nephritick Pains for some time; at length voided a roundish Ball, per Anum, as hard to feel upon as a Stone. After a while, the Pains returning with greater violence, so as to make her roll upon the ground, she voided another as hard, and much bigger. Upon which, one Mrs Ward a neighbouring Gentlewoman, who had been much afflicted with Gravel, gave