Meterological Observations. 
and the aurora, continued through the night. 
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‘The day following was 
rainy, attended with vivid lightning and heavy thunder, 
The next appearance of the aurora borealis which I shail notice, 
There was. nothing 
occured on the evening of the 9th of March. 
unusual in the appearance of 
the aurora on that evening ex- 
cept the form of the arch, and» 
that was such as I never before 
Witnessed, nor am I able to ex- 
plain the cause. There was 
no moon at the time—the sky 
was well defined, and extend- 
€d to the horizon on the east 
and west. This arch exhibited 
In conclusion. I. would. re- 
mark, that so far as I have ob- 
served, the aurora borealis gen- 
erally occurs in calm weather, 
and in'summer it is almost uni- 
versally the precersor of thun- 
er storms, and in winter, of 
show and boisterous weather. 
Fayetteville, Vit. May 2d, 1831. 
