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zenith. It was much narrower at the vertex than 
the bafe, and confequently approached fomewhat to- 
wards a pyramidal form. It remained a few minutes 
in a fixed and permanent date, after it had arrived 
at its greateft altitude, and was completely formed. 
About i i h 1 5' P. M. it grew fainter, and much Iefs 
vivid ; and there then darted from it towards the W. 
feveral whitifh rays and corufcations. At n h 20' the 
lucid column was barely vifible, declining apparently 
fouthward, and foon after totally difappeared. I 
went to bed at 1 i h 30' P. M. when the atmofphere 
was covered with the fame kind of luminous 
vapour, that before the formation of the bright Co- 
loffean pillar had appeared ; and, in the Southern part 
of the hemifphere, diverfified by undulations of 
fhining matter, that exhibited a mod beautiful and 
agreeable fcene. 
It may not be improper here to remark, that a 
meteor, called an Aurora Borealis , was feen at Lifbon, 
according to * one of the public papers, the very fame 
night. It is faid to have laded about four hours, and 
to have engaged the attention of the philofophers 
there. As from the fimilarity of certain circum- 
dances it might have been denominated an Aurora 
Borealis , though appearing in the fouthern part of 
the heavens, as that I obferved actually did j a more 
particular and didindt account of this phenomenon 
might poffibly enable us to determine, with fome de- 
gree of probability, whether or no it was the lame 
with that by me here fo imperfectly defcribed. 
Could the identity of thefe meteors be clearly evinced, 
or indeed rendered probable, feveral curious corolla- 
* Lloyd’s Evening Pojl. 
ries, 
