AS Meteorological Observations, 
Tt was now tike a heavenly bow of luminous white vapour, 
through which the larger stars of the constellations were very 
visible ; nor did its grandeur or its light diminish when the 
moon, slowly emerging from the extremity of its south-easte 
ern Jimb at a } before nine, shewed a deep yellow disk 
through its splendid veil. At half-past eight the true Aurora 
became suddenly apparent : first, in the zenith a cloud of 
bright white light, with a singular curved pear shaped form, 
arose, and elongating its lesser extremity, slowly bent to 
the horizon, and as stowly vanished, Then on the south- 
east arose from the lower boundary of the sky, a rod of the 
same white light which, enlarging its dimensions very slowly, 
pointed to and at length reached the milky way at the north- 
ern cross, and after shooting through the galaxy with astately 
and somewhat stealing pace, slowly vanished. 
Even in these appearances there was little or no signs of 
the Aurora Borealis as it is usually observed in high latitudes, 
I have seen it in the northern hemisphere sufficiently high te 
observe the sun at midnight, but [ never remember any thing 
like these slow and stately movements, nor any thing that 
could be compared with the stationary arch I have described, 
which, as the moon rose above it, did not disappear even as 
late as 2 past ten, although the brilliancy of her light had 
ceitainly rendered that of the bow very faint, 
The thermometer at noon in the shade, for the preceding 
week, varied from 70 to 84 of Fahrenheit. There had Leen 
very little or no rain for a long period, but the night dews 
had been very heavy, and there was a sudden and very tran- 
sient thunder storm, which destroyed a barn near this place 
on the Thursday afternoon. 
The greatest extent of the circle I observed was 160 de~ 
grees or more than 1-3d of the visible horizon. You may 
conceive the singularity of the scene when you reflect that 
the vast expanse of tranquil water of Lake Ontario, the deep 
gloom of the forest, the town of Kingston, and the immense 
ships 
