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ro refemble, if not furpafs that of the Body of the 
Sun in a clear Day, beheld by the naked Eye. This 
Brighcnefs obliged me to turn my Eyes ( which had 
“ their Pupils adapted to the Light of the Moon ) fronr 
“ it feveral times, as well when it was a Stream, as 
“ when it was PearTafliion’d and a Globe; tho’ I had 
“ a great Curioficy to obferve it with Attention, ft 
“ feem’d to move in about half a Minute or lefs, about 
“ the Length of and to go out, as I guefs’d, about 
“ as much above the Horizon. There was left behind 
it, where it had pals’d, a Track of a cloudy or faint 
“ reddifli Yellow Colour, fuch as red-hot Iron or glow- 
“ ing Goals have, which remained more than a Minute, 
“ feem’d to fparkle, and kept its Place without falling. 
“ This Track was interrupted, or had a Chafm towards 
its upper end, at about two Thirds of its Length. I 
“ did not hear any Noife it made, but the place where 
“ the Globe of Light had been, remain’d after it was 
extind^, of the fame reddiOi Yellow Colour with the 
“ Scream for fom^ time, and at firft fome Sparks feem’d 
“ to iffue from it, fuch as come from red-hot Iron bea- 
“ ten on an Anvil. The Surprize, Brighcnefs of the 
“ Light, and Noife of the People upon the Variations 
“ of the Appearance, calling to one another to obferve 
“ what they never had obferv‘d in* their Days, and 
thought to be prodigious, hinder’d me from taking 
“ notice or remembring any thing farther about it. 
• It were to be wiiht that Sir had more efpedal- 
ly regarded the Situation of the Track of this Meteor 
among the fixt Stars, and let us know how much it 
part above the Pleiades, and how much under the Belt 
of Orion, that fo we might with more Certainty have 
determin’d its Pofition in refjped: of the Horizon of 
London \ for which purpofe the whole Number of Spe- 
dacors there has not furniihed us with one fuiHcicnt 
Obferva- 
