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it verified in the diaries of the Berlin Academy for 1783 and 

 1784, the only ones which I have confultcd. Thefe meteors are 

 alfo generally followed by high winds *, and ufually from the 

 fouth, all which ftrongly prove a rarefadion in the northern 

 regions. Thefe lights are much more common in the higher 

 latitudes of North America than in the fame latitudes in Europe. 

 Captain Middleton remarks that they appear almoft every night 

 in Hudfon's Bay, lat 59, whereas at Peterfburgh they are feen 

 much more rarely ; which confirms my opinion that the fuperior 

 effluence is more copioufly diflributed over North America than 

 over the old continent. 



♦ VIII. Phil. Tranf. Abr. p. 453. 



