TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS. 16L 
moon, consequently it passed through them. At 
the same time that the ring appeared, two yellow- 
ish coloured lines joined the opposite Paraselene, 
and bisected each other at the centre of the circle, 
thereby dividing it into four equal quarters. These 
lines, or columns, as well as the halo, or ring, and 
the Paraselenze, or mock moons, were at different 
times of different degrees of brightness ; and above 
the halo, that is, between it and the zenith, there 
appeared occasionally a segment of another halo, 
which touched the upper edge of that above de- 
scribed, or rather the Paraselene which occupied 
that part of it. These phenomena, if I may so 
call them, continued for upwards of an hour, and 
during that period frequently varied, as I have 
already said, in the intensity of their colours, but 
every part preserved constantly the same shape, 
although at times, some parts, particularly the 
upper segment and the cross that divided the 
halo, became so faint as scarcely to be visible... 
Thursday, 2d. — A Halo, with Paraselene, and 
a cross similar to that above described, were seen 
again this evening, nearly about the same time. 
It is unnecessary to enter again into a detail of 
their appearances, as the above description ap- 
plies in every respect to what was seen to-night. 
Wednesday, 8th. — Nothing occurred for this 
week past deserving of any particular notice ; the 
weather has, to our surprise, been much milder 
than we had reason to expect from the month of 
December, for the thermometer, since the begin- 
ning of this month, has seldom been lower than 
30°, and the average cold has not been greater 
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