... of it. How grateful should we be Providence tor the continuance aud plenitude of its bounties. The appearance of the sky Sunday night last was singularly beautiful and magnificent,— the whole the western horizon being illuminated with electrical corruscations ...

... and about make the passage of the Cape of Good Hope. How beau tifully transparent the atmosphere ! how brilliant is the sky at night ! The naked eye can perceive stars of two degrees less magnitude than in the northern hemisphere, and Jupiter and Venus ...

... and a particular lurid tinge of the sky before night. For fortnight previously the thermometer indicated 90 degrees, and sometimes upwards, for six or eight hours a day, and never fell below 80 degrees, day or night, so far as I can ascertain. I am thankful ...

... its houses and its temples probably destroyed man Old England. * View for Invalid.—We should have the widest expanse of sky, for night scenery We should have a wide expanse of land or water, for the sake of a sense of liberty, yet more than for variety ...

... admirable construction, was in a blaze. The conflagration lasted till all that could be burnt was consumed, and lighted the sky at night to a great distance. AH that remains of the Imperial Barracks of Sebastopol is a mass of charred and blackened stones, ...

... weather of Monday; the atmosphere may be •described sultry and very oppressive, heavy thunderclouds frequently obscuring the sky. The night was excessively dark, and rain commenced to fall, and lasted during Tuesday, which proved gloomy and raw cold; indeed ...

... breeze. The following day was intensely hot, and heavy clouds foreboded a storm; vivid flashes of lightning illumined the sky at night. Early the next morning, about lour o'clock, the storm broke over this vicinity; its effects were by means severe, though ...

... together that ihe work would be done. This Advent season bid them be and doing. The light was streaming on the eastern sky. The night miiiht be coming in which no man can work. This thought was strong upon him when he came to that hall straight from ...

... bright day and cold wind, luesday was showery and gloomy. Wednesday and Thursday bright and much milder, with overcast sky at night. Friday the air was far more keen; gloom generally prevailed with the wind veering towards the North; 34 and 51 degs. have ...

... month of November was too boisterous to attempt ascent at night, and no opportunity presented itself till the 2nd of December. This day was cloudless and held out the prospect of clear sky at night. The balloon was filled, and all was ready before sunset ...

... twenty four hours of hearing every shot in the whole thirtv miles circumference of Paris, and one night I counted 107 shots in five minutes.'The sky at night was illuminated as if by fireworks, and bombs and grenades flew like rockets in all directions. ...

... twenty-four hours of hearing every shot in the whole thirty miles circumference of Paris, and one night I counted 107 shots in five minutes. The sky at night was illuminated as by fireworks, and bombs and grenades flew like rockets in all directions. 712 ...