ill 
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to a yellowish colour ; and on drawing still 
but when the observer reached the 
s 
!S biininous it became. 
(.Jn his stepping back, he not only saw 
Hi(j’ found that the farther he receded, the stronsjer 
i( ■' sev 11 oecame. This light was 
jbe bmes, both in Spring and Autumn, precisely 
Ik ® ‘"ind preserving the same shape 
"ark,.‘'e 10,1. ,.c TO K. “ 
afterwards 
, ^ble"- of December, 1776, several very 
c_ falui were observed on the road to 
‘Sit ’ bve 
several very re- 
Broms- 
tniles from Birmingham, a little before day- 
lActit o S''®at many of these lights were playing in an 
*>i different directions ; from some of which 
L'l? r^jp sprang up bright branches of light, .some- 
V'^ttt ling tire explosion of a rocket, filled with many 
'C'*l't>os the case of the latter, the discharge 
liij '•shj)^ j. be upward, or vertical, instead of taking 
tVef “li'ection. The hedge, and the trees on each 
ar illuminated. This appearance con- 
Vv^fore seconds only, when the igiies fatid played 
bij'* ’be 1^ 
V "’onth of December, 1693 , between the 24th 
^ fiery exhalation, without doubt generated in 
‘ spectator was not sufficiently near to observe 
apparent explosions were attended with any 
■^ti with the meteors described above, set lire to 
'e Vi 
rbet 
'.bstaiices 
bay, and two barns 
Myi;' 
— j , filled with corn and 
''illage of Hartech, in Pembrokeshire. It had 
If before, proceeding from the sea, and 
lasted for a fortnight or three weeks. 
1 Of j bred the hay, but poisoned the grass, for the 
\v’ !(. b”le, so as to induce a distemper among the 
Vif b ttQj. a weak blue flame, easily extinguished, 
’he least burn any of the men who interposed 
V^i^ly doj^brs to save the hay, although tiiey ventured, 
® It, but sometimes into it. All the damage 
I ''f^bgiug constantly in the night. 
1 ! 'r *^bl® class of meteors is the draco volans, 
% M ’’st pp.*bo>n, frequent in marshy and cold countries. 
'ery ■ 
‘r-'vu 
0 tv <tRes mounts up to a considerable height in the 
in summer : and, although principally 
V 'It Off n . aiiu, aiuii,u5,. , j 
' ■ Nep-U®®*' banks of rivers, or in boggy places, 
the " 
Its 
® small terror of the amazed beholders. 
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