Miscellanies. ; 155 
esting account is given of its appearance in England, which states 
that at one time there was a grand display of about ten long active 
streamers along an arch of the aurora, several of which ascended to 
an altitude of sixty degrees ; and when most active, many passed 
beyond the zenith, exhibiting at the samé time several prismatic col- 
ors. t 10 o’clock, the arch of the aurora extended 150 degrees. 
The extensive appearance of this aurora in the State of New-York, 
and the magnetic disturbance accompanying it, have already been 
sufficiently described. 
The above coincidences appear too numerous to admit the suppo- 
sition that they are merely accidental, particularly when it is recol- 
lected that there are many causes to prevent the cotemporaneous ap- 
pearance of an aurora being recorded at two distant places, although 
it exists at both. While it is observed at one place, it may be ob- 
seured by clouds, or may escape the notice of the meteorological ob- 
server, at the other. Besides this, the coincidences occured on the 
evenings when the aurora was most brilliant, and consequently when 
its action might be supposed most extensive. These simultaneous 
appearances of the meteor in Europe and America would therefore 
seem to warrant the conclusion, that the aurora borealis cannot be 
classed among the ordinary local meteorological phenomena, but 
that it must be referred to some cause connected with the general 
physical principles of the globe; and that the more energetic ac- 
tions of this cause, whatever it may be, affects simultaneously a 
great portion of the northern hemisphere. 
MISCELLANIES. 
(DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN.) 
1. Dr. Muse’s Vindication of his paper, page 71 of this No. 
Remark.—In consequence of a communication by the Editor to 
Dr. Muse, of the opinion respecting the Hessian Fly, which is stated 
in a note at the end of his paper, he has transmitted the following 
remarks. 
ave erred in the identification of the Hessian 
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affect the chief object of my communication ; 
ly, the error cannot 
