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arterial or pulmonary Blood. 2. They were not 
fmall or narrow, but broad like the milky Way in a 
frofty Night. 3. They did not dart or fly fwifdy 
from the Fund, or luminous Cloud, but moved 
flowly; then flood ftill fome Space of Time, then 
fent out thin red Vapours, through which the Sky 
and Stars were vifible; thefe quickly fpent themfelves, 
and vanilhed. 4. Not only were their Funds red, but 
the whole Clouds were thick, and of a deep firy Red. 
3. They were above the Region of the Winds, 
for, though the laft was South-weft, yet they moved 
from North to Weft, as quickly as from Weft to 
North. 
4. Whilft the Sky on the Zenith was of the com- 
mon azure Blue, that in the South, on the Opening 
of the Clouds, was a deep bluifh Green, like Grafs. 
5. The whole Time was attended with an extra- 
ordinary Heat of the Air for the Seafon ; for I was 
obliged to ftrip to the Shirt, though abroad in the 
Air all the time. 
6. This Meteor was feen at Venice at' the fame 
time ; and, over Kilkenny in Ireland , it appeared like 
a great Ball of Fire; which burft with an Explofion 
that -ftiook great Part of the Ifland, and fet the 
whole Hemifphere on Fire; which burnt moft furi- 
oufly, till all the fulphureous Matter was fpent. 
7. This Meteor put an End to the Remains of both 
the Catarrh , and watery 'Diarrhoea ; and reftored 
general Health, till the next epidemic Catarrh among 
Infants in February 1738. Two Months after. 
The next Meteor was on Auguft . 1 7 3 3 • a clear, calm, 
exceflive hot Day, at Nine at Night, a frightful Glade 
of Fire, or Draco Volans , from Eaft to Weft. 
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