DOVER CASTLE
WHAT A FRIEND OF PARLEY'S SAW.
A gentleman with whom I am acquainted, who lives in the country, told me that he once left some labourers at the bottom of a very steep hill, whom he had ordered to do some earth work. As he was going down, intending to visit them again, about sun-set, he saw a part of the hill which he was descending, and one of the labourers wheeling a barrow upon the side of it, reflected on a cloud opposite with the greatest distinctness. Though it was quite impossible that he could see the men in their true position, he knew exactly what this man was about, and what work had been done, from the reflected image.
DOVER CASTLE.
Dover Castle stands upon the side of a hill, and when looked at from the side towards Ramsgate, its four turrets may be just seen peeping over the top of the hill. You may see how it appears in the upper figure of [plate XIX]. On the 6th of August 1806, when Professor Vince, of Cambridge, was staying near Ramsgate, he was astonished to see the appearance of the castle as if it stood on the side of the hill next to him, as is represented in the lower figure of the plate. It continued so for nearly half an hour, during which he looked at it several times with a telescope, and the image appeared quite clear and distinct.
WHAT HUMBOLDT SAW IN SOUTH AMERICA.
When Humboldt was residing at Cumana, he frequently saw two small islands which lie off the coast, suspended in the air. He once saw some fishing boats seeming to float in the air for several minutes. In another place he and his companion saw the figures of cows in the air at a great height; and they were told by a person worthy of credit, that he had seen the forms of horses suspended in like manner, but with their legs upwards.