'‘Oil 
V“gne » '■akhelia, or mock suks., ^4. 
and, as some of the fisher 
fo tl'e westward 
‘esrr,,, - .i-v.Tivvmu even as jjieppe, 
Jot'? at an 1^’ French fishing boats were plaitilv to 
V'^'glits diftereut colours of the land on 
/U'i“'''ous^“ ' ' buildings, were perfectly discernible 
Past pfr°'”.''?°‘]'^“’bnued in the highest splendour 
notwithstanding a black cloud 
K>'-^l‘ed obscured the face of the sun, and 
So remarkable an instance of 
inhni'- b‘''b oof been before witnessed by 
''>srl!*'^*'elsp Hastings. It was likewise observed 
The day 
Dieppe, 
u “eJset iL was iiKewtse obsi 
‘^'"'kahl’ bHoes along the coast. Thi 
T Itot, without a breath of wind stirrino-. 
'•-Vst, 
J’ARHELIA, or .mock suns. 
1674, near Marienberg in Prussia, 
i^h%ees'„ 7 ’^’"'b®''® ®orene, the sun, which was still 
1 2 ?? aiid 1 1 bonzon, was seen to lance out 
kC*'b. noH ‘ "'■ bby degrees towards 
Sh diis shone tvith great lustre.- 
Na^dilmp^b towards the horizon, there hung a 
ftr(,Pp<iare(i ®oiall cloud, at the inlbrior part of which 
C V anrl™?^ ^bo same apparent size with 
l* 5 ia dp«!r “V”* somewhat red colour. Soon after, 
i%t 'i^Otid o‘' 3 dually to the horizon, tow.ards 
liL'^'^ouiupi^ Ib'idous sun beneath it grew clearer and 
'''‘nislipj ibe reddish colour in this apparent 
yHi, as ’ ““b put on life genuino solar light, in 
V* s„ 'I'he InTf by the genuine disc of 
■'nd at length, passed into the lower coun- 
cil tlip'"'* remained alone. I’his phenomenon 
Vfa, tbe^f extraordinary, as it was perpendi- 
tHiift Hot “Stead of being at its side, as parhelia 
^ kii P is Qj I . naention the colour, so diflerent from 
mock suns, nor the great length cf 
li~t y the genuine suit, of a far more vivid 
V soon ^ P‘'’'’b®b‘t to exhibit. This ap- 
till ,1 °'“"'ed by an exceedingly intense fiost, 
^ th ^ ^^'■b ^arch, the whole bay being 
H town of Dantzic to Hela in the Baltic 
