b Be Sied'ts the caeant "the Aseteliee placed 
ik cniants ofthe city, ie recat ting plas 
and his face to the sea; on a sudden there appears in 
the water, as in a ca theatre, various multiplied 
less series of arches, 
wise in the air, though not so distinct or well defined 
as the former objects from the sea. 
Lastly, if the air be slightly hazy and opaque, and ‘su 
at the same time dewy, and adapted to form the iris, 
then the above mentioned objects will only at 
the surface of the sea, as in the first case, but all vivid- 
ly coloured or fringed with red, green, blue, and other 
ic colours.” 
Minasi divides these phenomena into three classes ; 
the marine morgana, the aerial morgana, and the pris- — 
matic morgana ; and he endeavours to prove, that all 
the appeara -es are representations of the objects u 
p= nner He comaiders the bok be" Saale 
um, on account of the rapid current which runs 
trough the straits; and he supposes it to be divided 
into t planes, by the contrary eddies which take 
place when the current its direction. He as- 
cribes the aerial morgana, to the refractive and reflec. 
tive power of effluviee suspended in theair. © 
Many other phenomena of a similar kind, have been 
Jong observed under the names of Looming and Mirage. 
In our article Sonnet states we have mentioned a very 
phenomenon observed by Dr Vince of Cam- 
Srilge and Dr Buchan has deseribed another in Ni- 
cholson s Journal, vol. xiv. All these phenomena ob- 
reer Rered from the rarefaction of the air in the 
neigh hood of the surface of the sea, in consequence - 
of which, a distant obj to be depressed in- 
sed of elevated by the refraction; ee 
seen depressed elevated, one of 
having in general an inverted position. Dr Wollas- 
ton has inv this subject with much ingenui 
and has shewn, that this class of rth 
imitated, either by viewing a distant object alo 
hot poker, or through a saline or saccharine so 
with water and spirit of wine ae upon it on 
Nieholeon’s te ae vol. i, 4to, and vol. xiv. page 840, ‘ 
8vo, Wollaston, Phil. Trans. 1798. Gilbert's Jour- - 
nal, vol. xvii.p. 183, DrThomas Young's Natural Philo. 
sophy, vol. i. p. 441, 442. Vince, h Transac« 
tions yol. vi. p. 245. Biot, Mem. de ? Institut. ; and our 
articles Armotrusne and Rerracrion. () 
of which it is composed form ‘an an irregular arin! 
ee a ee Many: 
formed of stone 
1s at west ali 
and termiasted by mtociaguiaeyies ? feet 
igh The interior of the church underwent @ thorough 
sepeie tn eee ras eke Se Oe ee 
aad z 
of the belfiy. ‘ rue 
The guildhall; de tacos was built “oF of tinier : 
in 1594, and has an open space between the i be- 
neath. sh aensaeeh eadcien founded 
pee 16, and supported chiefly 
ne taaeorheg amend Ponee 12 poor 
rane 12 winks. Tere are also shows snd ater 
benefactions, for the poor. The brent 
brated abbey of Faversham, were once extensive and 
numerous. © The two entrance gates remained till a 
47 years ago, when: er 
now remains but the outer walls of the ; 
pposed before 
the time of Elizabeth. The sin lr 
individuals by government in 1760, and were soon’ 
eae 2 ORE hE eS ‘The 
rent mills and storehouses are p 
quantity of powder manufactu 
red annually, amounts :to -between 12,000 and 13,06 
ene to about '400 
— The wn up in 1761, by the ex- 
The mis were ph ret noise was 
Pece so nage imeheete 
The oyster fishery is the: cures ofthe ra 
eHameatiann teal teas  farnlice being 
by it. Bc Pern oe ae 
annually exported to Holland to the eee 
Senden te neg aerien ibang fis en a pe 
wi uantities 
sham sup ripe great q P comm, 
oysters. “Eve 
‘he followi ence are 
in 46145 including’ the out-Hberty: Math 
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