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rth. Cloudy with fome rain. — Thermometer 

 55° at Tun rife, rofe to 70''. 



The clouds blew off a few minutes, Avhen 

 the following obfervation was made. 



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Obfcrved zer.iih dulance ol" a Andromedx 2^ 59' 6" s. 



Immediately after tlie above obfervation was made, the 

 hemilphere Vv-as covered witli dark clouds, v.'hich were at- 

 tended with rain, fharp lightning, and heavy diundeptill 

 the next moriiing. 



Thermometer 60° at fun rife, rofe to 82°. 



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(>th. Obferved zenith diftance of a Lyrae . 7 38 oh. 



do. . . ;S Pegafi . 3 58 i6 s. 



do. . . " Audiomedae 2 59 8 s. 



do. . . yS Andromeds 3 35 11 n. 



Cloudy the remainder of the night. 

 Thermometer 5 i " at fun rife, fell to 3 1 ° in 

 the evening. 



( Qth Equal ahiludcs of ike Sun. 



A. M. 8" 20' 2 1". P. M. 3" 50' 33". 



Obferved zenith diftancc of a Lyrae . 7 



do. . . .8 Pegafi . 3 



do. . . « Andromedx 2 



do. .^ . /S Tauri . 2 



Juft before the obfervation on a Andromedae was made, 

 a cloud appeared above the horizon and about 30° fouth 

 of weft : From this cloud a number of ftreainers iJTued 

 funilar to an Aurora borcalis, but much whiter. — One of 

 them paffed above the fouthern horizon, and terminated 

 in the weft fhoulder of Orion ; another pafled over Mars 

 and Jupiter, and extended almoft to the eaftern horizon ; 

 a third palled through the northern part of Andromedx, 

 smd a fourtli through Urfa Minor. — Thefe ftreamers in a 



few 



