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tinuance beyond the fecond Parhelion towards the 
South. I then began to perceive a third Parhelion 
where the Circle furrounding the Sun would have 
been cut by the Vertical paffing through him 3 and in 
the fame Place his Circle was touch'd by the Arch of 
another, in fome fort confounding itfelf with it in 
the Place where the third Parhelion appear'd: This 
was fainter a good deal than the other two, and, the 
laft Arch I have been fpeaking of extended but a little 
way, fo as for it to be difficult to determine where its 
Centre lay 3 this Arch was colour'd alfo, but with Red 
on its convex Part. I had fome Time before this be- 
gan to fee alfo another Circle, furrounding the Sun at 
the Diftance of about 45 Degrees, which appear'd to 
be about twice the Diftance of the firft 5 and this alfo 
encreafing whilft I was confidering it, became little 
lefs than a Semicircle, being alfo ting'd with Red like 
the other on the inner Side. When this Circle had 
thus pretty well form'd itfelf, I alfo difcover'd the 
Arch of a fourth, touching this, or rather confound- 
ing itfelf with it, in its higheft Part, and furrounding > 
as it feem'd, the Zenith . Of this laft Circle I faw, 
when it was moft complete, better than half, and it 
was much ftronger colour'd than any of the others, 
being of a bright Red on its convex Part, and a good 
Blue on the Concave. In the Part where this Circle 
confounded itfelf with the larger of thofe that were 
concentric to the Sun, their common Part was nearly 
white, and brighter than the reft, though hardly 
enough to call it a forth Parhelion . The principal 
Mock-Suns continued tolerably bright till near eight 
o'Clock, the fouthern Part of the Phenomenon im- 
proving as the northern decayed 3 and the fouthern 
Parhelion 
