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ptoea4 III tho s(faaGe hesvsus of The
letter Autumn. The iIefy GLOW q sunrise
and SUNSET, the hrUwuI'b ha : thee
einileu tbs sue III day. ere phenomena
70 out a Ne ranRe Of common experI-
enee that d fIrst Ill the experts IN me-
tcofoIogy weie q ses In thcIr explnne-
lions. Al the outset, many Of these
students n the atmosphere turned natur.
ally to The conjecture that some Of Aie
vaavnnt matter Of space. such A. We see
IN The comets or dtst-l ke mctoofs. had
been drawn down upon our stmos.
pI,ere aud 80 cnveloped the ear h with
metcorIc mist. Others looked
upon these movements ~ q mere
disqualification Of The afterglow, or sec.
ond sunset, which Is not an unfamiliar
Phenomenon In al cxtra-tropical re-
rions u CO tain seasons Of the year, par
Il ularly In the autumn, and which Il
probably due TO the condensation o.
vapor In the upper regions Of the at
mosphcrc. Gradually, as the facts have
| been gathered In from oil parts OF ths
world, these explanations have beer
owe. thrown, and the sunsets have beer
| proven 10 be In some way connected
with the Javane:e convulsion. At sew
eral points in Europe the new-fallci
snow contains particles Of volcanic du
essentially like tho Q that ELL upon thu
decks OF shIps ear the point Of erup
| ton, and which pre- umnbly are th'
| hea. Ter bits that have descended from
the dust-cloud in the upper air.
Still further, II has boon shown tina
these curious Appearances Of tho *.
occur ed moro quickly In the distric
near the volcano than In regi rs re
mote from II. II Is not easy 10 deter
mine the pre- Use times whom the sunse
and sunrise became 30 brilliant; for Z
first Tho hcnomenon might sccm accl
dental n its nature. and 70 not bccom
recorded. Yet II Il clear that At Rod
rieue,, Hauritius. and Scychelle,
points from three thousand 10 thrc
ihousand ilvo hundred miles west I
krakatoa, The red sunsets wero 0 o
the 20th Of August, within thirty 81
hours sftsr the eruption occurred. ]
BTn II, which b over ten thousand mile
Away. they appeared on the sLth
eepisrAhsr. il Florida, thiltcen thos
sand miles distant. on ~September ~
Il was not;ced IN kngisud on the !th I
September. but IN sweden not until d
seth Of Nov embsr; each Of these coul
trios beInx about seyeu thousand Nv
hundred miles from The point Of cruz
ton. The volcanic mist spread moi
rapidly IN the tropical belt between Il
parallels Of latitude IN which Java III
Than In tho regions 70 the north m
soulh II this line. Sweeping swift
about The earth IN this tropical belt
seems 70 have becn carried thence
somo slower motion to higher Ia itude
IN 8. Shalev, n 1fiasAc hoathiy.