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FOR the last two months these appearances have in this province excited no small wonder and admiration, not unaccompanied in some cases with awe and dismal forebodings of impending calamity. As an example of what has been witnessed in greater or less intensity almost every morning and evening, about an hour before sunrise and after sunset, I may instance what was observed on the evening of the 29th and morning of the 30th ult. The ground from my residence rises towards the south and west, and the city of Fredericton lies towards the north-east, on a flat 100 feet lower, and at a distance of half a mile or more. On the evening in question, at an hour after sunset, the red glow in the sky was very conspicuous, and seemed to light up the whole heavens, so that the houses in the city were distinctly seen by the reflection from their sides, and the intervening snow appeared of an orange colour. It was bright enough to suggest the impression of a second sunset. Next morning at an hour before sunrise the deep red glow was equally decided.
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BRYDONE-JACK, W. The Remarkable Sunsets. Nature 29, 260 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029260a0
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