624 ON THE LUMINOUS ARCH, OR METEOR, 
‘At twenty minutes past seven on the night of the third of 
November, 1834, I observed at Bolton-le-Moors a little light 
in the north, which rapidly grew larger: at twenty-five 
minutes past seven, two arches appeared in it, and also a 
few streamers, some of which were very bright. This light- 
in the north soon grew duller, but extended more to the east. 
At eight minutes before eight; a very bright well defined 
arch, apparently about twice the breadth of an ordinary 
rainbow, and a little south of the zenith, instantly shot from 
west to east, and remained till half-past eight: about ten 
to fifteen minutes past eight, it increased to double its 
original width, but at the same time began gradually to de- 
cline in brilliancy, and continued to do so till it quite disap- 
peared at half-past-eight : one end of it reached a little more 
towards the eastern horizon than Sirius ; at first it was rather 
more north than Pleiades, but at last rather more south : 
what stars its apex approached I do not know, neither do I 
know what stars its western end approached ; I think, how- 
ever, that it extended as near due west as possible. 
“By half-past eight the Aurora had extended into the west, 
but was throughout very much obscured by clouds. At a 
quarter-past nine, clouds had so spread themselves, west and 
east, that no light was to be seen, except a little in the north. 
At ten the light was entirely gone.” 
From the Literary Gazette, November 15th, 
1834. (See page 769.) 
“ On Monday and Tuesday (3rd and 4th instant) the sky 
presented a most beautiful appearance, the corruscations of 
the aurora were so brilliant as to afford a very sensible light. 
The heavens, on the first evening between eight and nine 
