

Darhicss in Canada, Oclokr, 1785. 141 



Some Particulars of ihe Thcnomcmn in the Province of Cana- 



da, in ihe Month of October, 1785, «s puUi^hcd in ihe Luk- 

 pendent Chronicle, at Boston, December lid. 



Quebec, October 20tli, 1785. 

 « ON Sunday the 9th instant, between four and live in the 

 afternoon, an nncommon darkness was perceived here, 

 though at the same time the atmosphere over this city ap- 

 peared of a fiery, luminous, yellow colour : this was follow- 

 ed by squalls of wind and rain, with severe thunder and 

 lightning, which continued most of the night, a thing un- 

 common here at this season, it having froze considerajbly the 

 night before." 



" On Saturday the 15th, about fifteen minutes after three 

 in the afternoon, it became darker than it had been the Sun- 

 day before, and the sky of much the same colour 3 it was sue- 

 ceeded by a heavy shower, and very severe thunder and liglit- 



ning." 



. ** Sunday morning the IGth, was quite calm and foggy, till 

 about ten o'clock, when there arose some wind from the east- 

 ward, which partly *expelled the fog : in about half an hour 

 after it became so dark, that ordinary print could not be read 

 within doors : this was followed by a squall of wind and 

 rain, when it brightened up again. From five till ten mi- 

 nutes after twelve, the darkness was so great, that the mi- 

 nisters in the English and Presbyterian churches were oblig- 

 ed to stop till they got candles. From two o'clock, till about 

 ten minutes after^ it was as dark as midnight, when there 



is no moonlight. From forty three till about fifty minutes 



• after 



