206 Miscellanies. 



"1746. June 1. A considerable aurora; began about 10, P. M. 

 I watched it till 12. A uniform brightness (without any black cloud 

 for a base) from northwest to northeast, about 30° high. Striae reach- 

 ed up to the pole; those that were more permanent moved very sen- 

 sibly to the vilest; a great many appeared and disappeared in two or 

 three hours, only of a pale whiteness without any colors. At mid- 

 night it seemed to be almost over. This was seen in Canada. See 

 Mem. Acad. 1747, p. 473. 



" 1751. January 22. From 10 A. M. till noon, very heavy storm 

 of wind and rain. The wind about southeast, as high as ever I knew 

 it ; it did great damage at Cambridge, blowing down fences, barns, 

 roofs of houses, &c. The barometer lower than I ever saw it — viz. 

 28.7 in. It was lowest at noon, and then the storm begaji to abate, 

 and it presently cleared up. They had a violent storm at southwest 

 the night before in South Carolina.* 



"1755. Nov. 18. A violent earthquake. It began 11' after 4 in 

 the morning ; [my clock, which was set right the noon before, was 

 stopped by it at ir 35".] It lasted at least four minutes. At 5h. 

 29' the same morning, was another small shock. Evening, ye 22d, 

 at 8h. 271', another. 



" 1756. Bee. 19. Another small earthquake exactly at 10, P. M. 



" July 4. At 6, P. M. a violent hurricane at Jamaica on Long Isl- 

 and. The barometer was then lower than it had been for five weeks 

 before, and the day before it was higher ; the fall in about 36h. being 

 the range in the whole month of July, and greater than in the month 

 of June. See the weather in the diary. 



" Nov. 16. About 4, A. M. a small earthquake, which seemed not 

 to last above 2". All I perceived was the rattling of the window 

 shutters by my bed's head. The sky was covered. Little or no wind. 

 The weather moderate. It was more sensibly perceived in some 

 other towns. 



" 1757. Aurora borealis 13th August, 7th, 13ih, 14th of Septem- 

 ber, small ones ; 12th November, a great one, very bright from north- 

 west to northeast. I saw streamers up to the pole, and heard of some 

 up to the zenith. It lasted bright all night. 13. Next night a small 

 one. So that it probably lasted all Sunday. 



'■'■July 8. Exactly at 2ih. P. M. a considerable earthquake, though 

 but of short duration. The day was fair and hot, and there was a 

 brisk gale at southwest. July 29, noon, a violent shock at Barba- 

 does, but no damage. f 



" Aug. 13. Evening, Aurora borealis. None for a great while 

 before." 



* The last sentence is an after note. t lb. 



