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the other through the secondary ring. There was also a mere 

 trace of another secondary ring around this second primary 

 ring. This extraordinaiy occurrence was seen by many peo- 

 ple, and some of the more superstitious thought it a portent of 

 some dire calamity. It was only another manifestation of the 

 ''Phenomena Beautiful," showing that the physical laws gov- 

 erning light were applicable at night as well as in the day. 



As stated in the beginning, the writer has not attempted to 

 discuss the phj-sical laws governing these phenomena, but has 

 presented only a few of the extraordinary illustrations of the 

 mirage seen in a twenty-year residence in the midst of the 

 magic scenery of the Smoky Hill country* of western Kansas. 



