ACCOMPANYING THE AURORA BOREALIS. 621 
to its appearance in Manchester—so much so, that the ac- 
count in one place would do for the other. A beautiful 
luminous arch of red and white light stretched across the sky 
from nearly east to nearly west—its highest point a few 
degrees south of the zenith. It varied occasionally in colour 
and intensity and faded away gradually, lasting from about 
a quarter before to nearly half after eight.” 
Mr. William Hadfield’s account of the Aurora 
Borealis, as seen by him on the 3rd. of Novem- 
ber, 1834, at Cornbrook, near Manchester, 
Latitude, 53° 28’ 4" North. Longitude, 2° 14’ 
O” West. 
“ At 7h. 45m. P.M., a luminous arch was visible nearly at 
right angles with the north pole. The eastern end appeared 
to rest on Jupiter, which was then about 21 degrees above 
the horizon, the sky being cloudy below ; but the arch was 
visible through small openings between the clouds. The 
eastern end of the arch appeared to terminate in the horizon, 
about 8 degrees north of east; from Jupiter upwards, it 
passed about 4 degrees north of the Pleiades, about 2 degrees 
south of Algol, in Caput Medusz, about 4 degrees north of 
Almach, in Andromeda, and about 4 degrees south of 
Shedir, in Cassiopeia; its greatest altitude being about 2 
degrees south of the zenith, passing over Aided, in Cygnus, 
and Gamma, in Lyra, proceeding to the western horizon, 
about 44 degrees south of Ras Alhagus, in Serpentarius, and 
terminating about 10 degrees south of west. From 7h. 45m. 
to 8h. 15m. P.M., the arch was gradually moving to the 
south. At the latter time it began to be stationary, more 
