]2-2 



THE OCEAN. 



it. It is not often that this meteor is seen in the 

 perfection described : occasionally the circles are too 

 faint to be visible ; and the mock suns alone are 

 seen in the usual places, and sometimes but one or 

 two of them. Another singular appearance, called 

 the fog-bow, of great beauty and interest, is thus 

 described by Mr. Scoresby : " Tlie intense fogs 



MOCK SUNS. 



Tbe scene is the coast of Barrow's Strait. 



which prevail in the Polar Seas, at certain seasons, 

 occasionally rest upon the surface of tlie water, and 

 reach only to an inconsiderable height. At such 

 times, though objects situated on the water can 

 scarcely be discerned at tlie distance of a hundred 



