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But we haH aTvifible Aurmd- Borealis \\it 29th of 
December 1756. The Day was clear, .with a brisk 
cold Wind North- well, the Evening calm and ferene, 
and about Seven we had a red Aurora Borealis. 
On the 19th of November 17 SJ- about Sun-fet, 
many People in this Town faw a fiery Meteor in the 
Air, large and bright j it feemed in the Aenithf^ ^nd 
fo it feemed to them fome Miles fromTown j it was 
obferved to be higher than the lower Clouds. ^ 
On the 7th of December 1737. a Minute or Two 
before Eleven at Night, we. had two Shocks of an 
Earthquake, greater than ever felt here before. The 
fecond Evening after, and for feveral Evenings in this 
Month, a red Vapour appeared to the Southward and 
South-weftward, like the Aurora Borealis. 
XXr. A T^efcriptlon of the Cave of Kilcorny 
in the Barony of Burren m Ireland, con^ 
talned in d Letter from Mr, Charles Lucas, 
Apothecary at Dublin, to Sir Hans Sloane, 
Bart, Br, R. S. &c. 
S I Rr 
B efore I give a particular Defeription of this 
Cave, it maybe proper to give a fhort Sketch 
of that Part of the Country in which it is Etuate, 
being moftly negleded, or deemed unworthy of the 
Notice or Obfervation of any Hiftorian hitherto. 
That Part of Ireland called Burren-, is a fmall 
Barony in the North-weft Part of the County of 
Clare, 
