Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-07-20

cross, Or rather the columns tb..
It, ~ere equal To the moons dian..Sr
her immaculate vicinity; but SIT
ded from her they became p,r, as!N
that at the place where thew toe y1e'
halo, they had hpered to sncl 'ea
point tnat they were scarcely y;.;t,' "
those points Of the halo. whe,e -
minated we're luminous spo,, "eyt
eDce: the two horizontal one Pa'
situated IN that part of the ci,f ~ ID
the horiz ontsi column Of ligi, sa - va
hibited in the prismatic eaIa". aTS
beautifully, and each OF them baa
tail proceeding from them .jn,aas
which ] described on 4 forrpa, ~ "t
when mentioning tie appearanes d
phenomenon OF he sane Kind IT,
minous spot, or paraseiine. in thar ~
the halo iumecis lei = above tho "a
was Of very faint color, when Co.,, ~'\
with the two Jost mentioned ."ff
fourth one, that Is to say. if it e,;,,.I "
hid from US, owing 70 its beipg :. ~
as segment Of the halol below H. "a
ION, the moons altitude being opL. =, d
Is deg. The halo itzeif was 10, -. s0;s
bright all round, for in those rart. ~ 4
were equidistant, that is Is deg f,om WI
parase!ena, it was Of very faint e.. Y
and from these points towards tie ".
eiane it became gradually brigh,s, FtS
the Aurora Boreaiis, its interyen,ioa 4
not obstruct the light of the stan,I,,
CHANGED to pass over, for the plane, W.
happened to be situated in the bri,b,'
part of the horizontal luminous cS," '
and yet it appeared as bright as u,1I. !;
reddish color seemed, to be a little jD,,..
ed in its briliiancy. This halo ;, q
as that described last month h,rr,,
about the time Of full moon D. Is!
Wednesday, 18th was out v,I,,a
this afternoon when the thermonee,,
81 deg. below zero, and owing I, y
weather being calm at the tine N i
more inconvenience from il than ifti.I
been at zero in breeze of wind Aw'l
quantity OF strong brandy was ezpo,,5
! the open air this afternoon Tor the ru,,,,
of experiment. Ithad not been abOyt r. :.
minutes on deck, when it began to e.,
geal, and in the course of hall an hon,
became of the consistence of honey =,
not unlike 1t indeed in appearing.
never became harder than this. altAoo
left on the deck for upwards of all 10,
it was tried again in the evening, and
ter being exposed to the same temve,
ture, we found the only difference it D.
duced was, that It became dryer, beng
consistence and appearance someTi
like brown moist sugar The freeai
did not appear to alter either its tasts
strength ID the least;we tasted il ini;sp
per state, without suffering any incOg
nience from it, except little sms rtiD!
the tongue" P. lo9-!0.
Thursday, February Sd Nothing
any Importance occurred tor this for ni
past; the weather has been for mos, .
Of the time more boisterous than We !
usual had it during the first part
winter, the thermometer has ne, er IT,,
fore been very low; for from the 2Gl
last month, until two O'Clock this al
noon. il had never been below 10
this evening however, it came On ca
and the thermometer before midnight
as low as n dee. For some days past
have had SO much light about noon, t
both officers and men generally wen,
the mast head to look out for the sur
! although we were perfectly aware, o..
time in which it ought to re appear,
cording to its deciina.ion, yet as The Du
navigator, Barcntz. saw it at Nova q
b.a several days before it ought to
seen, in the Latitude in which We win
ed, we had reason to suppose that VII
yer effect refraction might have th
the same might be expected to take p
here. Notwithstanding our yigls
we always found, however, that altho
it must have been very nigh the kOri
for some dayspast, that i, never Ape:
above it until to day.. AS the torer
was very fine and clear. we made :
of seeing it; several of US were there
in the maintop about half past clever
welcome its return, and at twelve or
Their few minutes after, we had the 7
sure of seeing the glorious lumi
again, after an absence of ninety.twod
1t Is more easy to conceive than desc
the pleasure that ever person felt Oh
occasion. at again seeing that heaven
gent, which is to set us free from con
ment. But l consider that to do IL.
to this subject, and to the sensations
cited by so sublime and joyful a 81
would require my entering into RIA
dies more suitable to the eEusicns
poetical imagination, than the unadol
language ola plain narrator;I shall ii
fore avoid saying any thing more .
the matter. During the time the
was above the horizon. vertical col
Of beautiful red co,our extan5ed fro