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ter of an Hour, full Eaft, from behind one of the fmall 
dark Clouds, and foon after feveral others full North. 
Thefe Streams of Light were of the fame dusky red 
Colour as the Vapour, juft appear’d, and vanifh’d in- 
ftantly. I faw eight or ten of thefe at once, about the 
Breadth of the Rainbow, of different Heights, feveral 
Degrees above the Horizon, and look’d like fo many 
red Pillars in the Air ■, and no fooner did they difap- 
pear, but others fhew’d themfelves in different Places. 
In about half an Hour, this Colour of the Vapour gra- 
dually chang’d itfelf towards the ufual White, and 
fpread itfelf much wider and higher ; and after that, ap- 
pear’d as common. I am, SIR, 
Peterborourg, Tour mo(l obedient 
Jan. 29, 173 5-6. humble Servant, 
Tim. Neve. 
X. An Obfervation of two Parhelia, or Mock- 
Suns, feen at Wktemberg in Saxony, on 
Dec. 31, 1735. O. S. Jan. ii, 1756. 
N. S. by John-Frid. Weidler, F. R. S. &c. 
'Tranjlated from the Latin by T. S. M. 2 ). 
F. R . £ 
T A B. II. F I G. 4. 
T HIS Day, a little after 10 in the Morning, a 
Friend told me, that feveral Suns were to be 
feen in the Heavens : Whereupon I went diredly into 
the Garden adjoining to my Houfe, and immediately 
faw near the Sun S, on its Left or Weftern Side (1) 
the 
