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from Oxford, about the fame time that they ap- 
peared there; which remarkable circumftance, on 
feveral accounts, merits a place in this letter. The 
whole city, for a fhort time, feemed to be perfectly 
illuminated ; the light call by the Aurora fucceeding 
the luminous appearance of a deep blood-red colour, 
being, as I apprehended, muchfuperior to that of the 
full moon. In fine, the whole phenomenon (or rather 
all the phenomena) was fo very finking and remarka- 
ble, that it was one of the mofl common topics of con- 
vention, amongft all orders and degrees of people 
here, for above a month after it appeared. I hall only 
beg leave to add, that the Reverend and learned 
Dr. Sharp, of Chrift-Church, profeffor of Greek in 
this univerfity, allured me that he faw fome of the 
common Aurora Boreales between eleven and twelve 
o’clock the fame night; and that 1 have the honour 
to be. 
Good Sir 
Your much obliged, 
and mofl obedient. 
humble fervant, 
Chrift-Church, Oxon. 
Sept. 27, 1770, 
Swinton 
XLVII. An 
