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that pretend to have feen it to the very Zenith : I was 
not fo happy, and could not fee it higher than the Gir- 
dle (iS) of CephuSy which was about 30 Deg. high. The 
greateft Part did fix it to the Polar Star, which is 
about 46 Deg, Its Bafe reached from the Head oijlndro^ 
meda and further, to the Shoulder ( 7 ) of Bootes^ and 
further, and fo it did infift upon an Arch of 140 or 
15*0 Deg. of the Horizon. This Meafure was taken half 
an Hour after Eight. Its Middle declined from North 
to Weft about 15* Deg. The Light was ftill , and 
clear enough to read a Charafter no bigger than that 
of this Letter. The Bafe has feemed obfcure to fome 
People. 
But what was chiefly to be confidered, was a great 
Meridional Zone pretty like a Rainbow in its Figure, 
but broader. It was terminated by two parallel 
Arches. The fuperior infifted with one Side upon the 
true Point ofEaft, and with the other upon the Point 
of South-weft, or Weft-fouth-weft : Whence you fee 
its Middle declined about 15'Deg.from South to Eaft,and 
was diametrically oppofed to the Middle of the Aurora 
Borealis. Its Altitude did vary a little, but never 
reached higher than the Head of Orlon^ which was 
54 Deg. high, and never was feen lower than a little* un- 
iitr Procyon^ which is an Altitude of 45- or 46 Deg. I he 
inferior Arch was exaftly parallel to the fuperior, and. 
the Breadth of the Zone varied from 14 or 15" Deg. to 
18 or ao Deg, 
The Colour of this Zone was Red, Scarlet, inclined 
to Purple, pretty lively and changeable by Intervals. 
It was lefs vivid near the Horizon, and alfo to the 
Meridian, where it feemed now and rhen interrupted. 
Some Standers by did imagine two great Arches rifing, 
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