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THE (1CEAN. 



of the time in wliicli the Aurora Borealis illumines 

 the heavens, and sometimes with an intensity little, 

 inferior to moonlic^ht. This interestin!:^ meteor is 

 occasionally seen in Enp'land, but very rarely witli 



AURORA BOREALIS. 



The sceue is in the vicinity of the Three Crowns on the Coast of 

 Spitzbergeu. See p. 105. 



that brilliance with which it shines in the Frigid 

 Zone, and in the northern parts of America. In 

 Newfoundland and Canada I have seen many spe- 

 cimens of the Aurora, and some splendidly coloured 

 with blue, green and red hues ; sometimes the whole 

 sky has been flushed with intense crimson, which, 

 reflected from the snow beneath, had an awful, 

 though beautiful appearance. The following details 



