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which their Convergence was confounded, and the whole 
Heaven feem’d to be in a ConvuJfion. At the fame 
time I cou’d perceive Waves of light towards the 
North, which moved upwards, and in their motion 
crofs’d the dreams, lying parallel to the Horizon. 
Thefe Waves were different from thofe broad ones, 
which you mention, and which I alfo took notice of: 
Their breadth feem’d to be about a Degree, their 
length about 90 Degrees ; and I can eoiiipare them to 
nothing better than to thole (lender Waves upon the 
furface of dagnant Water, which are made by cuf- 
ting in a fmall Stone. 
About feven or eight Years ago, 1 happen’d to 
fee a Meteor which it will be of ufe to defcribe to 
you. Along the Horizon in the North, there lay a 
white and luminous, and feemingly denfe matter in 
the form of a Cloud reprefented by a b c d; the 
length of it, a b, was about 1 o or 1 5 Degrees. From 
this there arofe, dire&iy upwards, pointed dreams of 
the like luminous and white matter, which yet did 
not appear in any part of it to be fo denfe as the 
former; and grew gradually more and more rare in 
its upper Parts fo as to vanifli almoft infenfibly at 
the Points, There was fome little difference in the 
height of thefe dreams, but they generally afcended 
up to about 4 degrees above the Horizon. They 
were very numerous and contiguous to each other, 
and feem’d to be compos’d of very (lender parallel 
filaments or Rays. This was the common appear- 
ance, and the only remarkable Thing which I farther 
obferved was, that fometimes a Fire or Flame would 
break out in the Cloud, abed, and move along 
it in a dire&ion parallel to the Horizon: And du- 
ring this morion, a pointed Stream diretdly over the 
Fire feem’d to run along with it, and to pafs by the 
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