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 different from the first account, something changed in course of time.

At the end of his letter Galileo seemed to think that he had come to the end of his reports about the planets, and observations of new phenomena respecting them, but ever on the watch, that eye of his, that one not of Nature's making—I mean his telescope—in a short time made more discoveries, concerning which read the following letter of Galileo:—

"Di Firenze li 11 di Decembre 1610.—Sto con desiderio, attendendo la risposta a due mie scritte ultimamente per sentire quello, che averà detto il Sig.