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7142. RAINBOWS, Lunar.—

I have
twice seen bows formed by the moon. They
were of the color of the common circle round
the moon, and were very near, being within a
few paces of me in both instances.—
To William Dunbar. Washington ed. iv, 348. Ford ed., vii, 482.
(W. Jan. 1801)