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not fo well defined. Between yh 18' and 7’* 28' the 
meteor was more than once partially obicu.ed by 
the circumjacent clouds; a very thick Mack one, 
which had been vifible from the moment i fir ft per- 
ceived the phenomenon, then extending itfelf almoft 
from the weftern limb or edge of it to the fun. From 
the beginning to the end of the Mock-Sun’s appear- 
ance to us, about 1 8 / , there was much clear fky 
above the fun, even up to the zenith, and thick 
dufky clouds below it; but the traefh both above and 
beneath the meteor was, for the moil part, covered 
with fuch clouds. This might perhaps be the rea- 
fon why only fome very faint traces of one of the 
two coloured arches, by whofe interfe&ion the Ant- 
helion was formed, which generally attend this kind 
of phenomena, were to be difeerned. When in its 
moft refulgent ft ate, the Ant be lion was as yellow as 
the fun ; but the lucid tradt furrounding it was of 
a paler yellow, or whitifh caft, interfperfed with a 
few reddifh and fubfufeous fpots. The whole, when 
leaft affedted by the neighbouring clouds, feemed in 
extent to be quadruple, if not quintuple, the fpace 
occupied by the difk of the fun. In fine, the phe- 
nomenon was fometimes brighter, and fometimes more 
obfeure ; varying, through the whole courfe of its 
duration, according to the variation of the atmo- 
fphere and the clouds. At laft, after feveral fhort 
fucceftive intervals of brightnefs and partial obfeurity, 
it was abforbed by the black cloud above-mentioned, 
nearly connecting it with the fun; and, juft as we 
came to the bottom of the hill, about 7 11 30', totally 
djfappeared. 
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