An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to Spitzbergen. 5 3 ke, wbich h.1d the taíte of FreCh-waHer; as , alfo the Sea-water that is taken up into the high Air is changed, and fal1eth down again in fweet .or frdh Rain. , This bJpneth in clear Sun-fhine and ir.1tenfc cold wearher, and it fallech down as the Dew , doth wirh us at Night invi(ibly, in dull wea– ther; when rhe Sun doth not fbine, you can– not íee rhis ; but you fee it plainJy, jf you look when the Sun (hines towards a (hady place .; for then it f parkles as bright as Diamonds; fuews like che Atoms in Sun-fhine, ali day long it fal!eth in fo fmall Particles ., that nothing fiicks or hangs on your Cloatbs of it make them wet. At Noon when the Sun {hines very warm, befe fmall Needles melt in the Air, and fati own infenfibly like Dew. Sometimes we lee in our Coumry, fome– hing a little like theíe fmall Needles, which wbat we call Rime, ancl falleth from the rees in Atoms like Duft. This is fmall Snow, nd may be feen as well in the Shade as in fne un. Thefe Needles are not the Exhalation or apour that ufes in cold weather, to fiick to he Hairof Men and Beafis. I mufr not forget, at we fee in the[e falling Need1es a Bow like Rain-bow of two colours, white and a pale ellow, like the Sun, reffeéted by the dark Sha– ows of rhe Clouds. After this I proceed to the Defcription of other Bow, which I call a Sea-bow. This fee1:1 when the Sun {hines clear and bright, E ~ not