94 Notice of the late Aurora Borealis. 



ance and the coruscations of the Aurora shooting up with 

 unexampled splendor to the zenith, and illuminating with a 

 flitting light the Avhole northern half of the firmament. 



At Rochester and at Utica its appearance was the same ; 

 and at the latter place reports were distinctly heard, produ- 

 cing a sharp, snapping noise, like the discharge of an electric 

 battery. 



At Troy, two luminous spots were observed, one in the 

 east, and the other in the west, and from these two the col- 

 umns of light rose and met one another a little north of the 

 zenith. The flowing of the light from east to west was con- 

 stant, and is described as resembling the peculiar action of 

 the angle worm as it puts itself in motion. 



An intelligent gentleman who was at the time in St. Law- 

 rence county, informs me, that the reports were heard during 

 the existence of the arch, but that afterwards, while the co- 

 ruscations of the aurora were so splendid, the report was 

 very distinct and loud, and of the character of those heard 

 at Utica. 



On the east end of Long Island, at Sag Harbor, and other 

 places, the phenomenon of the arch was visible, with the dif- 

 ference, that its brighest point was at the zenith, where it ap- 

 peared much agitated. 



At Portsmouth, Keene, and Charlestown, in New Hamp- 

 shire, its appearance is described as having been in all res- 

 pects, similar to that at this place. 



In Lower Canada, at Quebec and Montreal, it was even 

 more splendid than with us. The coruscations of the au- 

 rora are represented to have been awfully grand, on the eve- 

 ning of Monday, the 27th, extending in broad columns from 

 the north to the east, and shooting up to and even past the 

 zenith. A gentleman travelling on the St. Lawrence at the 

 time, between Montreal and Quebec, mentions, that the 

 moon had gone down, but so bright and permanent were the 

 flashes of the aurora, that objects about the vessel and upon 

 the shore were as distinctly visible as though the moon had 

 been shining without a cloud. During this time, the south- 

 ern part of the firmament was illuminated with streams and 

 clouds of light, which lasted for about two hours, with a con- 

 stant and tremulous agitation. A letter from a gentleman 

 in Quebec, to the editor of the Commercial Advertiser 

 of this city, in speaking of the arch of Tuesday evening, 

 says : — 



