444 atmospherilal ibenomena 
'• was accompanied by the phenomenon, which 
" the same order and disposition. What waSi 
" most remarkable, was this, tistt although of 
or*; (I 
persons were thus standing close together, 
saw the phenomenon as it regarded himself, ho.^ j);:r 
perceive it in the others. This, adds Bouguer, 
of’ apotheosis, in which each of the specla'® ' ^ti" 
- - - ' - of throe ,V 
each 
“ his head adorned with a glory formed 
“ concentric crown* of a very vivid colour. 
presenting varieties similar to those of tlie first [|r 
A. !ll_. ! aI.,.. ^ aS. 
r*' — o _ . 4 lpC‘“ ^ ' 
tranquilly enjoys the sensible pleasure of renc 
,1 — u„:n: — , ....-l 1 l... j; th® ^ 
“ the brilliant garland he cannot discover in 
" destined for himself alone.” 
Hffr 
ijx.. s . .. I'lc'r 
A similar phenomenon is described by i, ot .' ,, 
T? s ys liyi-ino- hppn seen bv him on the ydif’ 
F. R. S, as having been 
bruary, 178O. His relation is as follows. 
u.u.ii;-, X,.., ,fera‘V 
at Rhealt, die mountain which forms the 
“ dary of the vale of Clwyd (in Denbighshire) 
tc I ; .,1 .K.X ../yyd an _ iv- 
a rare and curious phenomenon. In tlie road ^ 
I was struck with die peculiar appearance f to I 
white shining cloud, which lay remarkably 
ground. The sun was near setting, but shot’® 
bright ; I walked up to the cloud, and my 
-t being sun® 
various colonr*' ,g, ■ .. 
projected into it, its superior part being sun 
of 
some distance, by a circle 01 various '-y-- 
centre appeared to be near the situation ot y 
whose circumference extended to die sbouIc‘^^, gf ^ 
circle was complete, except what the slisd ^ 
body intercepted. It exhibited the 
most VI' ^ 
die red being outermost, all of tliem ai’P‘^p,pd 
'' ) 
AS-VA, k/V*AA^ VAA-xA-AC, t.AAVA Al*V,AAA4-ti ;[*’ 
“ same order and proportion as they are pres®* ' j 
“ view by the rainbow. It resembled very ® jj,e 
“ in pictures is termed a glory, surroundi**o iii'*‘’''V* 
“ of saints; not indeed that it exhibited the 1**'^^ ;iiiyii 
" diance which is painted close to the hetid, 
I ii> jjaIiuicu ciuht; 10 ixie iict*4j 'dCi'' /1‘ 
“■ of concentric colours placed separately and 
it. As I walked forward, this gloiy appvc*’L|.t£i*j|f 
tired, just as the inequality of the ground ’ .yiii''' 
lengthened my shadow. I'he cloud being . / 
small valley below me, sometimes on tli® _• / 
or on higher ground, the variation of tb® * ‘ '1*’ 
gloiy became extreraelj- striking and sing® 
]uf. 
