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Aug . 25. WindW. 1 Deg. Between the Hours of 
9 and 1 1, there appear’d in the Heavens a narrow, but 
very bright Band, which extended intireiy from Weft 
to Eaft, and was like a great Rainbow. 
Inches. Deci. 
The Total of Rain 36. 706. 
Of which in October ..... 6. 534, 
in November . . . . 1. 150. 
And on July 10, the Rain was fo exceffive, that 
from 3 p. m. to 5 the next Morning it amounted 
to . . . . . I. 6 $ 6 , 
The Mercury’s higheft Station was on 
Inches. 
‘Dec. 24. 30. >4. 
lowed Opt. 9. 28. 4. 
1737. 
In Auguft there were Aurora Boreales for four 
fucceffive Nights, viz. from the 9th to the 12th. 
Thefirft and laft feem to have no particular Circum- 
ftances attending them. That on the 10th, feen at 
9 o’Clock, was very great. Its Rays were of various 
Colours, though all very bright and vivid 5 and form’d 
a beautiful Canopy from the Zenith to about 12 De- 
grees Eaftward, and a little to the South. 
That on the nth, about 10, was alfo confiderable. 
The Canopy appear’d in the fame Place with that of 
the foregoing Night, and of the Colour of red-hot 
Iron. 
Dec. 5. Our Author obferved the remarkable red 
Lights, [of which the Royal Society have had 
feveral Accounts] and fays, that in the Evening the 
Sky feem’d overcaft with a thin Cloud or Vapour, 
but look’d red as from the Reflexion of a great Fire 5 
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