JO ^ £nf ontology. — Fire^Ball. — Cornel. 



obfervations oa the atmofphere and marflies, by Dr. Sey- 

 bert — And a paper concernlag the pernicious effetl:s*of the 

 Equlzetum byemale, or rough horf«-tailj when eaten by 

 horfes; by Mr. Barton. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGY. 



With pleafure we announce to naturalifts Mr. Baker's 

 collcdlion of American infeiSls. In his mufeum at New- 

 York may be feen about three thoufand fpecies, principally 

 arranged according to the Linntean fyftcni. They were col- 

 iefted chiefly by Mr. Jotham Fenton, who has been nearly 

 fix years engaged in entomological purfuits. The fpeclcs of^ 

 this colledion were raoltly caught in the neighbourhood of 

 the cities of New- York and New-Haven. 



FIRE-BALL. 



A very remarkable phenomenon of this kind was feen in. 

 the county of Kent, and the neighbourhood, on Sunday the 

 sad September, at about '^^ minutes paft eight in the even- 

 ino-. It came from the fouih-weft, and pafled in a fouth-eaft 

 dire6lion till it funk in the horizon. It feemed to be nearly 

 of the fize of the moon, but of an oval form, or rather in the 

 form of an ox's bladder, the thickell end going foremoft. 

 The flcy, which was dark and ftormy, was illuminated during 

 its paflage more brightly than by the full moon. Its colour 

 was a vivid white, inclining a little to yellow; and it feemed 

 as if followed by a few fmaller globules, or rather large 

 fparks of a red colour, which kept at the fame diftance 

 f.om its body during the whole time that it was vifible, 

 which was for fcveral feconds. 



ASTRONOMY. 



A comet is now vifible in our hemifphere. It was firft 



feen on the 6ih inft. near the lower fide of the quadrangle 



of Urfa Major, from which it has been moving about 3^ in 



24 hours, following the direilion of the tail, and through 



OKC fhoulder of Bootes. 



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