FATA MOKGANA. 
lU'-'XVVJ’/l.W A. 
r j of the glorious sight. 
439 
>g 5'°’'*°“ s'gtit. To produce this 
t ij^'^eption, many circumstances must concur which 
v^wv-WHAJiaUV-VvO illUSL l: 
C't'Ust „ ” any other situation. The speo 
C ’’ack to the east, in some elevated 
li’'k the ( ■ ■ ■ 
hay'* nity, that he may command a view of tha 
•i ® ’'Val! °^yond which the mountains of Messina rise 
(Snr •' — " • • 
and darken the back-ground of the picture 
at . ...w ouluUUiCU, 
tieight, and the waters pressed up by currents 
. Ste.a 
ntust be hushed, the surface quite smoothed, 
pressed up 
in the middle of the cliannel. All 
Vpltilk ns soon as the sun surmounts the 
an Iiic auii aUlUiUUIlLS UlC 
fi ^ Reggio, (on the Calabrian coast, oppo- 
>“>on ti^ enough to form an angle of forty-five 
'tg nf ’^ofore the city, every object, existing 
i_ , ?Sg'o, will be repeated a thou.sand-fold in 
O o ’ F -V AXis^LlVlJ, 
*’^cce ’ • fneets. Each image will pass rapidly 
"^ny advances, and the stream 
■? ''^nve on which it appeared. Thus tlie 
picture will vanish in the twinkling of 
OQf^ f* . v.-uuau lu UlC LWlDKUng or 
lU^Pourj nir is at that time so impregnated 
X« .‘n a I.- undisturbed by winds, as to reflect 
'ft a If* uliUl&LUiUCU U; 
ncrial screen, rising about thirty feet 
VK^ctra . 
Ilf' '’‘'awn cloudy, heavy weather, 
lK;'*^atin® surface of the water, bordered with 
® Colours. 
m 
his travels, cites FatJier Angelucci 
io**^ describe this phenomenon accurate] v. 
• follows. — ■ ^ 
On the J5th of August, 1643, 
j VJ(|J ^ • V.^11 .Iv/Lli Wl Xi.UgUolj IXj^Of 
- ^ ^al window, I was surprised with a most 
'H..'iian L The sea which washes 
■\r' " ■■ ■ 
•a 
> sh, 
lore 
swelled up, and became, for tweh 
i'ke a chain of dark mountains ; while 
Xi'’ h?!f C^'abrian coast grew quite smooth. 
appeared as one 
in aforesaid ridge. 
poli.shed mirror, 
, . - -—S'- On this glass was 
pn,.,, a string of several thon- 
liffi equal in altitude, distance, and 
s‘n ar ’ ’ ■ 
ai J r*'** lOLUllt^lU ILlCy IClSL liuu 
^ c arcades, like Roman aqueducts. 
'^1. jkigljj §bt and shade. In a moment they lost half 
I . '^^nipA ^ 01\^CU4C3, ILtVO J.V01ii<3ll iTvjuC.ULlCLa« 
^Uej • next formed on the top, and above it 
•^tiumerable, all perfectly alike. I'hese 
