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A rainbOY J 
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About 8 o’clock this morning I Yritnessed a remarkable 
phenomenon. I was on my way to Ball* s Hill and had just 
passed Bensen’s house T/hen I noticed that his pasture was 
almost as white as if covered Tu’ith snow. For an instant I 
thought of hoar frost but although there had been a heavy 
whit6 frost at daybreak it had melted everywhere, before I 
left the Farm tdf On reaching the pasture and we.lking out 
into it I found that the closely-cropped grass was everyvirhere 
overspread Y/ith spiders’ webs and tha,t these, thickly coated 
with dew or rather melted loar frost, gave the field its 
rather wintry aspect. Thus far I had been advancing nearly 
towards the sun but, happening to turn in the opposite 
direction, what was my astonishment axid delight to perceive 
a rainbov/, starting at my feet or rather about a yard to the 
left of them and extending, on the surface of the ground, 
entirely across the field, curving gently ‘to the left. It 
differed in no way from the rainbows one sees in the heavens 
save that its colors were all slightly duller or more sub¬ 
dued and overlaid, apparently, by a sheen or polish which 
v«ras sufficiently bright to somew'hat dazzle my eyes. Tpe 
width of the belt of colors near my feet was about fifteen 
inches and this was evenly maintained quite across the 
field. As I moved forward towards the east, the bow of 
course moved with me, but its base v/as ever about three feet 
to the rear (i.e. westward)of v;here I stood. The sun all 
the while ?/as shining brightly but through a very slight, 
steam-like mist, which overspread the landscape. 
