C 14 '? ) 
The Heavens underneath look’d clear, and of a dark 
Blue, having no refemblance either of Dawn or dusky 
Cloud, and the Pyramids of Light feem’d to fpring 
immediately out of the pure Sky. The Arch it feif 
was very irregular, being full of Notches, Tome great- 
er, fome lefs. The dusky Red on the Weft was chan- 
ged to a light Crimfon, and was anfwer’d by the like 
Colour on the Eaft. The Rays iftiiing from both Ex- 
tremities, were thick and bright, appearing as if there 
were feveral one behind another. They were alfo ge- 
nerally longer than the reft, and pointed confiderably 
to the South of the Zenith. After 8, the Northern 
Arch retir’d again downwards, till it came among the 
Stars of the Great Bear ; when the whole Scene was 
changed on a fudden, and Rays were darted up from all 
Tides, and form’d that Crown-like, or Star-like Figure 
which has been fufticiently defcrib’d. 
The intermediate Area (left between the innermoft 
Extremities of the Rays coming from different Quar- 
ters, which very rarely, if ever, joyn’d) was of an ir- 
regular Figure, commonly inclining to an Oval, whofe 
longeft Diameter lay Eaft and Weft. Sometimes it ap- 
pear’d as clear Sky, at other times was fill’d with a thin 
white Cloud, and that Cloud was often divided into two 
Parts, by an uneven crooked Line, running likewife 
Eaft and Weft. 
The Rays which immediately furrounded this void 
Space, were of no great Length, and very unftable : 
Yet two or three times, when they continu’d fteady e- 
nough to afford an Opportunity of confidering them 
attentively, their outermoft Extremities were fenfibly 
carried Southwards, the Center it felf remaining, to 
appearance, fix’d. 
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