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was visible until two o’clock in the morning. It had a move- 
ment of translation from east to west. In appearance it resem- 
bled a cloud of fire, or a large ignis fatuns, which threw out 
some flame or vapor, and spread a light like that of the moon. 
For more than an hour the city was brilliantly illuminated by 
this heavenly light. . 
1b. Observations at Santiago de Chili, (lat. 88° 28’), from the Mer- 
: curio of Valparaiso. 
1b. Observations at Kapunda, South Australia, (lat. about 35°), by 
| J.B. Austin; from the London Times of Nov. 14, 1859. 
It commenced immediately after sunset, and increased in splen- 
during the evening. F 
jiereased, and from about half-past eleven till past twelve, a 
- beautiful pale, soft, greenish-blue light, like the dawn of morn- 
he 
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