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Offober i. 1 7 3 < 5 . Day cloudy, Wind SW. clear 
Evening, Six at Night, fell a great Ball of Fire out 
of the Air to the Earth, no Rain 1 5 Days before, and 
only a few Drops Two Days after. 
Augufi 28. 1738. Five p. m. Wind SW. Sky clear, 
the Sun bright fhining, a firy Meteor appeared NE. ran 
North, like a Spear of Fire, with a great round Head, 
which burft like a Rocket, fpread about in a large 
Fire, and vaniftied fuddenly. This was a great Drought, 
which continued without Rain to September 7. 
The next was ‘December 2. 1739. Six at Night, 
Wind North, Sky clear, a white Froft, a great 
Halo about the Moon. This Meteor appeared like 
a large round Body of Fire, of about a Foot and a 
half Diameter; feemed very low, therefore could 
not be obferved far, though it went all over this 
Country from North to South, pretty fharply, but 
nothing near fo quick as a Glade of Lightning, was 
lucceeded inftantly by a moft difmal Sound in the 
Air, like Carts, Drums, and Groans mixt: It kept 
the Trad! of the Meteor, but in an oppofite Courfe, 
viz* from South to Weft. This was a moft fright- 
ful Time of Rains, Snow, Storms, &c. 
As to Aurora Boreales>x\\z moft remarkable were, 
1. That of September 14. 1736. Wind North- weft. 
Sky clear, next Day very rainy. This exadtly refem- 
blcd a Crown nobly adorned with the richeft Jewels r 
its concave Side facing the Weft, and its convex 
reaching near the Zenith . 
2. September 3- 1737* Wind NW. the Day was very 
rainy, and the Night a clear Froft. About One in the 
Morning, was another Aurora Borealis, like a Crown, 
its 
