348 M E M O 1 R S of the 
which deftroys the parts of generation, and this he obferved in 
all thofe that have been cut by that method. 
Parhelia in SuflFolkj by M. Petto. Phil. TranC N° 250. p. 107. 
ON Jngufl 28th, 1^98, about 8 o'clock in the morning, 
there was Teen the appearance of three funs, which were 
brighteft then, or a little after 3 about half an hour after eight, 
M. *Pfr/^ohiml"elf faw it, when there was in the eaft a dark 
watry cloud, and below it towards the middle was the true 
fun, fliining with fuch ftrong rays, that a perfon could not 
look upon him 3 on each iide were the refleflions, with the 
true fun in the middle 5 in other parts, much of the firmament 
was of an azure, light blue colour 5 the circles M. 'Pf/z'o ob- 
ferved, were not of rain-bow colours, but white j there was 
alfo at the fame time, but higher in the firmament towards the 
fouth, and at a confiderable diltance from the other, the form 
of a half moon, but more than twice as big, with the horns 
turned upwards 5 within it was of a fiery red, and more like a 
rainbow colour; thefe all faded gradually, after having conti- 
nued, from their firft appearance, about two hours. 
Sable Mice 5 hy Sir P. Rycaut. Phil. Tranf. N° 2 5 r . p. 1 10. 
THE fable mice, which were firft obferved about 'Ihonie 
in Laplandy are near as large as a fmall fquirrel, their 
ftin is flrcaked and fpotted with black and light-brown ; they 
have two upper teeth, and as many under, which are very 
fharp and pointed 5 they have feet like thofe of fquirrels, and 
are fo fierce, that if a ftick be held out ^t them, they will 
bite it, and hold it fo fall, that they may be fwung about in 
the air^ they are fat and thick, and without any tail j in their 
marches they keep in a correal line, generally from north-eaft 
to fouth-weft, and each troop confius of a great many thou- 
fands, and its figure is for the moft part a fquare j they march 
by night, and in the twilight, and lie ftill by day 5 the length 
of the lines in which they march is fome ells, and parallel to 
each other ; if they meet any thing that might flop their courfe, 
they do not go out of their lines, tho' it were a fire, a deep 
well, a torrent, lake, or raorafs, but without any hefitation they 
venture thro', and by that means many thoufands of them are 
deftroyed- if they are met fwimming over lakes, and forced out 
of their courfe, they prefently return into it again 5 when they 
are met in woods or fields and ftopf, they fet themfelves upon 
their hinder feet like a dog, and make a kind of barking or 
fqueak- 
