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round the Horizon was very cloudy, and clear in the 
Zenith j the Weft Quarter was all of a deep Blood- 
red Colour, with Streamers of a very beautiful light 
red, not running or dancing with fudden Occurfions 
and Mixtures, like the Aurora Boreaies-, but waving 
like Vapours, toward the Zenith , by North-weft to 
North: All the Clouds in the interim were of a 
very dark red Colour, except that in the Weft, which 
was of a deep Blood-red. After it had continued 
Tome time there, the fame appeared in the North. 
Under the Clouds, from whence thefe Streamers 
*came, was a Brightnefs fuperior to that of a Full 
Moon. Then both North and Weft fent forth their 
Blood-like Streamers, one toward the other, which 
palled one another, and came to their op- 
pofite Funds before they were quite fpenr. Between 
Seven and Eight at Night, the Scene fhifted Eaft; 
then that in the Weft was exhaufted, and that in the 
North weakened : None^f them fent their Streamers 
beyond the Zenith to the South; only the Clouds in. 
the South were of a very opaque Red. Laftly, it re- 
moved South-eaft, where the Remainder was fpent: 
All was over about half an Hour after Ten. I had 
no Inftrument to take its Altitude. 
The chief Remarkablcs of this Meteor were, 
1. From whatever Quarter thefe Streamers came, 
they iffucd out of a thick, deep-red Cloud, under 
which was hid fo luminous a Body, that I could have 
eaftly read on a large Church Bible. 
2. Thefe Streamers differed from thofe of all pre- 
ceding Aurora Boreaies: i. That they were not 
white anddear, but a bright Red, like the Surface of 
