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Clouds and mists would at times almost, but never entirely, hide its location. CLOUDS AND MISTS WOULD AT TIMES ALMOST BUT NEVER ENTIRELY HIDE ITS LOCATION
standing the sun was shining far away in the east, I always saw a single star overhead. For several days, when I looked for this star, it was always there directly above us. It was now, according to our reckoning, about the first of August. The sun was high in the heavens, and was so bright that I could no longer see the one lone star that attracted my attention a few days earlier. One day about this time, my father startled me by calling my attention to a novel sight far in front of us, almost at the horizon. "It is a mock sun," exclaimed my father. "I have read of them; it is called a reflection or mirage. It will soon pass away." But this dull-red, false sun, as we supposed it to be, did not pass away for several hours; and while we were unconscious of its emitting any rays of light, still there was no time thereafter when we could not sweep the horizon in front and locate the illumination of the so-called false sun, during a period of at least twelve hours out of every twenty-four.  BLUE DOME OF THE SKY AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE SUN WAS SHINING FAR AWAY IN THE EAST I ALWAYS SAW A SINGLE STAR OVERHEAD FOR SEVERAL DAYS WHEN I LOOKED FOR THIS STAR IT WAS ALWAYS THERE DIRECTLY ABOVE US IT WAS NOW ACCORDING TO OUR RECKONING ABOUT THE FIRST OF AUGUST THE SUN WAS HIGH IN THE HEAVENS AND WAS SO BRIGHT THAT I COULD NO LONGER SEE THE ONE LONE STAR THAT ATTRACTED MY ATTENTION A FEW DAYS EARLIER ONE DAY ABOUT THIS TIME MY FATHER STARTLED ME BY CALLING MY ATTENTION TO A NOVEL SIGHT FAR IN FRONT OF US ALMOST AT THE HORIZON THE ZAMAN'S SUN EXCLAIMED MY FATHER I HAVE READ OF THEM IT IS CALLED A REFLECTION OR MIRAGE IT WILL SOON PASS AWAY BUT THIS DULL RED FALSE SUN AS WE SUPPOSED IT TO BE DID NOT PASS AWAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WHILE WE WERE UNCONSCIOUS OF ITS EMITTING ANYWAYS OF LIGHT STILL THERE WAS NO TIME THEREAFTER WHEN WE COULD NOT SWEEP THE HORIZON IN FRONT AND LOCATE THE ILLUMINATION OF THE SO COLD FALSE SUN DURING A PERIOD OF AT LEAST TWELVE HOURS OUT OF EVERY TWENTY FOUR
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