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very much, finking down in the North to about half 
its height, and rifing in the Wed near as much. What 
J principally took notice of this for, was that the Light 
iduing from behind it did not change with it, but re- 
main’d of the fame Figure, hovvever the Cloud ap- 
proached or receded from differing Parts of its Limb. 
There arofe at firft fome Streams in the N.N.fV, but 
of no confiderable Length, few of them paffing j De-, 
grees above the Arch ; but beginning from behind the 
Teeming Cloud, To as to be about ix Degrees high in alL 
They were Pointed at the Ends, and nearly vertical 
to the Horizon. Between times there Was nothing but 
the Arch to be feen, and that only refembling a com- 
mon Aurora ; and again in an inftant, by a fort of tremu • 
ious Motion, feveral Parts of it would appear convertcd 
into a vad number of parallel Streams, for the mod part 
very little higher than the Arclv it felf About xo Mi' 
nuces before Ten, afmall part of the Arch, almod due 
North, grew remarkably lighter than the red, and con-, 
tinned to encreafe for about half a Minute ; when there 
fuddenly broke out fome very tall Streams of at lead 6o 
Degrees high, as I found by one in particular which arofe, 
full North, and pading over the Pole .Star itfelf, reach’d 
fome Degrees beyond it. This was the mod remarka-, 
ble time of the Appearance, fome fuch Lances, though 
not fo high, immediately fhooting out of the Place that 
firdof all radiated, as did fome more a good way to, 
the Ead. They were all nearly Perpendicular to the 
Horizon, and mod of them did arife quire from the 
black Subdanc*^ at bottom, tho* i faw fome few that did, 
not reach fo low, appearing as if their lower Parts had 
been broken off. Some of them were full as bright as 
any 1 Taw the lad Year, the Axes fif 1 may fo call 
them) of fome of, the called Streams coming up very 
