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SICILY AND MALTA. 159
heat, and attraction seem to be the same
as ever; and the motion of the planets
round him is performed in the same time;
of consequence, his quantity of matter still
continues the same.—How then is this vast
waste supplied ?—May there not be mil-
lions of bodies attracted by him, from the
boundless regions of space, that are never
perceived by us ? Comets, on their road
to him, have several times been accidentally
discovered by telescopes, that were never
seen by the naked eye.—Indeed, the num-
ber of black spots on the sun seem to in-
dicate that there is always a quantity of
matter there, only in a preparation to
give light, but not yet refined and pure
enough to throw osf rays like the rest os
his body. For I think we can hardly con-
ceive, that any matter can remain long on
the body of the sun without becoming
luminous; and so we find these spots
often disappear, that is to say, the matter
of which they are composed is then per-
fedly
heat, and attraction seem to be the same
as ever; and the motion of the planets
round him is performed in the same time;
of consequence, his quantity of matter still
continues the same.—How then is this vast
waste supplied ?—May there not be mil-
lions of bodies attracted by him, from the
boundless regions of space, that are never
perceived by us ? Comets, on their road
to him, have several times been accidentally
discovered by telescopes, that were never
seen by the naked eye.—Indeed, the num-
ber of black spots on the sun seem to in-
dicate that there is always a quantity of
matter there, only in a preparation to
give light, but not yet refined and pure
enough to throw osf rays like the rest os
his body. For I think we can hardly con-
ceive, that any matter can remain long on
the body of the sun without becoming
luminous; and so we find these spots
often disappear, that is to say, the matter
of which they are composed is then per-
fedly