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fiftance to the Imagination j though I think the Ex- 
preflions do not abfolutely require any Schemes. 
I have compared thefe Obfervations with what I 
could find relating to the Aurora- Borealis in the 
Philofophical TranfaHions, &c. and think there are 
few Particulars mentioned there, but what occurred in 
this wonderful luftance ; fome that are rare confirmed, 
and a few altogether new - but the chief Advantage, 
I fuppofe, in thefe Notes, is the Procefs, Crifis, and 
Decay, which is fo obvious in many of the molt re- 
markable Scenes. 
I have nothing more at prefent, than the Pleafure of 
filling myfelf, 
Tour mojl Obedient Humble Servant , 
Isaac Greenwood. 
II. An Account of the fame Aurora Borealis, by 
Mr. Richard Lewis j communicated in a Let- 
ter to Mr. Peter Collinfon, F. <!{. S. 
Annapolis in Maryland , Dec. 10, 1730, 
SIR, 
W E were entertained with a Phenomenon on the 
of October laft ; which, as it was never ob- 
ferved before in this Quarter, was very furprizing to 
moft People. 
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