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worthy of Remark, that after Sun-fet on the pre- 
ceding Days, as well as this, there appeared in the 
Weft a remarkable Rednefs expanded on each Side: 
And moreover, on the enfuing Evening, the fame 
bright red Colour, appearing near the Horizon, de- 
ceived the common People into a Belief, that a new 
‘Phenomenon, like the foregoing, was breaking out 
of the Horizon. Wherefore I am of Opinion, that 
in this Cafe there is a confiderable Difference be- 
tween the Aurora Borealis , and the Rednefs ocea- 
ftoned by the Sun’s Petting. 
About Three-quarters of an Hour after, the Length 
of the Zones was contra&ed, their Extremities having 
receded about Ten Degrees from the Eaft and Weft. 
The white lucid Part was not now fo diftinguifhable 
from the red, as before : And this laft Colour grew 
fainter almoft every-where elfe but at the Weftern 
Limit, where it was more vivid : But in that Weftern 
Space from which the Aurora was withdrawn, there 
remained a brighter Space of Three or Four Degrees, 
furrounded by a fmall black Cloud, fo that it feemed 
to be a kind of Hiatus. Near our Zenith there 
appeared fome thin lucid Clouds, partly of a Whitifh- 
red, in fuch a manner, that they feemed as if occa- 
fioned by the burning of Houfes at fome Diftance to 
the North. Others of this fort had happened before, 
and fome were feen afterwards. 
A little after Six, the upper Parts began to emit 
red Streamings, or Rays, in Plenty ; but in thefe the 
Red was now-and-then intermixed with whitifh and 
darkifh Colours. 
In a few Seconds after, there iffucd forth from the 
very ./Equinoftial Weft, a red and very bright Co- 
Gggg 2 lumn. 
