( M* ) 
As to the Weather preceding and following this Ph(S- 
ftomenoft, I need not be very particular, feeing you will 
foon have it in my Meteorologic Obfervations. The 
Morning was fair, tho’ the Air was thick, and we had a 
great Dew : The Mercury was at 30 Inch. Havokslys 
Thermometer at 50, little, or no Wind. The Day was 
pleafant and warm, and the Air grew much thinner. 
The Evening was fercne ; a very foft Breeze from 
N. and by W. About Five the next Morning, there 
were feveral Clouds form’d, and the Air was very thick 
and hazy, at Seven it was all Cloudy, and a few 
Drops fell. 
Tho’ I had before feen feveral faint Appearances of 
the Aurora Borealis ; yet this, for Beauty, Luflre and 
Duration, vaftly exceeded any thing of that nature I 
had ever feen. Indeed, I faw not that of March 6 tb^ 
1716, being not then in Unhand* 
I am, ^c, 
Plymuth^ 0 ^, 16, i 
y, Huxbam, 
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