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of the aurora, except at the period of its greatest brilliancy. At about 

 twenty minutes past eight, this corona was situated in a line with, and 

 about midway between a Aquilse and a. Lyras. This may be considered 

 as a very tolerable approximation to its position, though, from the 

 apparent intersection, or, as it might almost be termed, interweav- 

 ing of the beams which "composed it, it was not often easy to fix upon 

 the place of its centre with much precision, if indeed that which seemed 

 its centre, did not really change its place ; since, at times, it seemed 

 to occupy a position very sensibly lower than that which the pre- 

 ceding observation would indicate. 



At about half past eight, the appearance of the aurora was superb. 

 The radiations which extended from the corona, nearly reached the 

 horizon in every direction, with the exception of those which tended 

 toward the southern space beforementioned, which, it is believed, was 

 even at this time bounded by something like an arch, that was convex 

 toward the zenith. The aurora was often party-coloured ; frequently 

 of a rose-red, especially in spots, in that portion of the sky which might 

 be supposed to be near the plane of the dipping needle ; and also about 

 the centre of the corona. It was in the part of the heavens here de- 

 scribed, that the arch of greatest intensity could most commonly, if 

 not uniformly, be traced : though the crown of it frequently faded 

 away, or became excessively faint. 



Between the spots, of red light, or beams of the same tint, others 

 were observed, which, either from the effect of the first mentioned 

 colour, or something peculiar to themselves, appeared of a colour ap- 

 proaching to a bottle-green. 



At times, again, when the corona was deficient, the appearance of 

 what remained on each side of the vacant spot, was not unlike that of 

 two immense comets ; their heads some small distance asunder, and 

 their tails turned eastward and westward. 



The light of the corona, Avhen most perfect, was quite dense, not 

 only at the central point, but also near to what seemed to be the outer 

 limits of its radiations, at which the tint commonly exhibited the 

 nearest approach to white. 



Two meteors or shooting stars were seen, which in both cases 

 appeared to pass between the aurora and the eye of the observer; 

 one nearly in the direction of the arch of greatest intensity, and the 

 other almost perpendicular to it. The precise times of their appear- 

 ance were not noted, though they fell within that period in which the 

 phenomena already described were exhibited. 



