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It may not be improper to obferve, that the lu- 
minous appearance of September 9, 1769, in feveral 
refpeftSj was fimilar to that moft remarkable one 
feen by me here, December 5, 1737; but differed 
from it in the three following particulars: i. The 
former of thefe was not fo red, nor did fo much re- 
femble the colour of blood, as the latter. 2. The 
former did not tinge near fo confiderable a part of 
the hemifphere as the latter. 3. The meteor of De- 
cember 1737, which I perfedlly well remember, 
was of a much longer duration, than that of Sep- 
tember 9. 1769. All which will very clearly appear 
from Dr. Huxham’s fhort defcription of the former 
of thefe meteors, tranfmitted to the Royal Society,' 
and printed in the (2) Philofophical Tranfadions, 
compared with the fliort account of the latter, drawn 
up by me, in the preceding part of this paper. The 
meteor of December 5, 1737, different from moft, 
if not all the others, that had till that time been ob- 
ferved, was looked upon, if I remember right, as a 
fingular appearance, by the great Dr. Halley himfelf., 
For, that moft excellent aftronomer, mathematician, 
and phyfiologift, I think, told me, when we dined 
together, at Mr. Swete’s, in Greenwich, the follow- 
ing year, that he had never met with a fimilar phae- 
nomenon, in the w'hole courfe of his obfervations. 
1 muft not forget to relate, that a moft tranfcend- 
ent brightnefs, or very uncommon illuftration of the 
atmofphere in the north, prefented itfelf to my view„ 
on September 9, 1769, at lo^ 15' P. M. wdiicli 
( 2 ) Philofoph. Tranfail. 
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