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the Pole, was, above all others that had preceded 
it, both as to its Magnitude and Denfity fo furprizing, 
that I’m perfuaded the fmalleft Print might have been 
read by the Light thereof, had not that of the Moon, 
which (hone very bright, pretty much effac’d it: ’twas 
ting’d with a kind of Yellow and Violet Colour. In 
about two or three Minutes it died away, and was fuc- 
ceeded by others of an inferior Order: It was now about 
a quarter part Eleven of the Clock, and nothing but 
repeated Fhafes of the fame Spesflacle offering them- 
felves to View; the Vibrating Motion had cealed j-thc 
Vapour fliewed it felf no longer in lucid Areas ; the 
dreams of Light were not fo frequent, and thofe more 
langtiid than before ; and the bright Aurora having fet- 
led nearer the Horizon^ I concluded iht Scene was at an 
End, and accordingly gave over the queft of new Ph£- 
nomena^ with only oblerving that about N. E there ap 
pear’d feme Clouds that refleded an unufual kind of 
reddifh fight. Others, who thro’ a Principle of Feat 
fat up longer than I did, reprefent the End with very 
luf prizing Circumflances ; but as it, efcap’d the Eyes of 
thofe who were bell qualified to oblige the World 
with an Hiftory of it^, fo I defpair of adding any 
thing that may be fatisfadory : and there were no doubt 
many Circumflances of Weight that I did notobferve; 
for the wonderful Variety x.\\\s Fi'Anomenon and 
the frequency and fuddennefs of its Alterations, made 
it impoihble for the Eye of any Tingle Perfon to trace 
It. 
On Tuefd&y the iqr/; of Novemher we had the fame 
Thdtnomena repeated, tho’ not with the lame Variety: 
About a quarter pafl ten at Night, a vafl Body of 
fiiining matter was colleded between N. W. by Wefl, 
and N. by E. in the form of the Segment of a Circle, 
whofe Center was about 25 or 30 Degress below the 
Horizon ; 
