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that Obfcurity was likewife caufe that the Sun flione fo fainC 
and waterifti. I expefted two Parhelia, at X and T in the In- 
terfeftions of this with the white Circle, having often feen 
them at that diftance and pofition from the true Sun, but at 
this time none fuch appeared. 
P V P. an arch of another Circle, of which only the upper 
part appeared,ir wasin allrefpedts, both tor breadth and Co- 
lours like the Circle F N XT which it touched in the Verti- 
cal Point but its Center was below at N, or near it. In the 
Interfedicnsof this Arch with the whice Circle on both fides 
were two very bright Parhelia^ fo luminous, that I do not re- 
member to have feen the like, which were aUo tinged with 
Colours, efpecially on the fide next the Sun, where they were 
very red. I meafured their diftance fi om the true Sun, and 
found it 31 ^Degrees. About where the two Arches were 
conicident, it was very bright likewife, and the on the 
infide very ftrong, that fome might have imagined another 
Sun there alfo, but the Species thereof was drawn out fo in 
length, that it could not properly be called a Parhelion : This 
Arch P yP broke off on both fides, about five or fix Degrees 
below the Parhelia P. P. 
At or the lower part of the Circle V N XTj there appea- 
red likewife a fmall piece of an Arch, which touched it there, 
after the fame manner 2lsP V P touched in V ; it feemed to: 
have its Center in and about N" there appeared another 
longifli red Species, fuch as at bi)t not altogether fo bright. 
The height of the Sun, during the Obfervation, was from 
40 to 45r Degrees, when Clouds interpofing, no more was to 
be feen ; the Weather was cooler than ordinary, with a gen- 
tle jV ^ Wind. And it was plain that |he Vapour which caufed 
this Appearance, was higher than the Clouds, for they were 
feen to drive under the Circles. 
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