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“ much that in another quarter of an Hour it vanifh- 
“ ed imperceptibly, juft as a Rainbow, and the Air 
“ grew dark again, that was fo luminous before, that 
“ one might read a Manufcript by the fame. It is 
very remarkable, that at Fiefo/e, a Town with- 
“ in a fhort Mile of this, the Phenomenon feem’d to 
“ thofe Inhabitants, to be between them and us, and 
they thought our Town was burning: Whereby it 
“ appears not to have been very deep, ncr very high ; 
“ F'tefole ftanding upon a Hill half a Mile high, and 
“ to the North-North- Eaft of this Tow n. 
To thefe Obfervations of my felf, and feme of my 
Correfpondents, I ihall add two or three things more, 
before I enquire into the Caufe of the Phenomena. 
One thing that was taken notice of in moft Places, 
was, That in fome part of the greateft Streaming, the 
Vapours between the Spires, or Lances, were of a 
Blood-red Colour. That which I obferv’d, was. 
That about half an Hour after Eight o*Clock, the Va- 
pours towards the South- Weft were very denfe, and 
for fome time red. And not long after, the like Red- 
nefs arofe in the North-Eaft, and the other gradually 
w'ent off. Both w'hich gave thofe Parts of the At- 
mofphere the Appearance of blazing Lances, and 
bloody-coloufd Pillars. 
Another thing 1 took notice of, was, a ftrange Com- 
motion, and Working among the Streams, as if fome 
large Cloud, or other Body was moving behind them, 
and difturb’d them. 
In the Northerly and Southerly Parts the Streams 
were perpendicular to the Horizon j but in the inter- 
mediate Points they feem’d to decline more or lefs one 
way or others or rather to incline towards the Meri- 
dian. As 
