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On Tuefday , the Second of this Month, as I was 
walking home from a neighbouring Village, be- 
tween Six and Seven in the Evening, the Sky 
being remarkably clear, and the Moon then fhine- 
ing with delightful Luftre, I happened to turn, 
and obferve in the North- Eaft a pretty large Cloud, 
nearly in the Form of a Globe; which Teemed 
firft of a whitifh, then of a very luminous Ap- 
pearance. It Teem’d connected with a Cloud, 
which was dark, and Tomewhat bluifh, which 
Tpread itfeif (almoft like a vaft Beam of a Build- 
ing) from the North-Eaft to the North-Wed. At 
each End it was a little bent towards the Hori- 
zon; but by far the greater Part was in a hori- 
zontal Pofition, and Teemed to occupy the North- 
ern Part of the Heaven, from the Altitude of 10 
to about if Degrees. The Cloud I firft men- 
tion’d Toon appear’d like a Globe of lucid Fire, 
much brighter than the Moon; and fhot Corufca- 
tions, Tometimcs in a perpendicular Dire&ion, but 
much more towards the dark horizontal Beam, if 
I may be allow’d To to dcTcribe it (thro’ which, by 
the way, I could not then diTcern any Stars). Thro’ 
this the Light darted from North-Eaft to North- 
Weft; fo that at length it feem’d all in a Blaze j 
and from it there (hot up Tevcral luminous Pil- 
lars, perpendicular to the Horizon, and directed 
towards the Zenith. They were of very unequal 
Lengths, and fome of them appear’d in a conical 
rather than a cylindrical Form. As thofe to the 
Weft brightened, thofe firft raifed disappeared; till 
at length all the horizontal Tradt of Light va- 
nifhed, and Tome long truncated Pillars, often 
varying 
