120 REV. JAMES FARQUH ARSON ON THE AURORA BOREALIS. 
I should add, that, although cloudless, the atmosphere was hazy near the 
horizon at the time of the aurora ; Alpha Lyrse being much obscured, and the 
other two stars of the triangle being scarcely visible. Yet the light of the 
aurora was very bright close to the tops of the hills. 
J. F. 
Alford, 
December 29th, 1828. 
