The centre of the coloured circle was distinguished by my own shadow, the head of which, enveloped by a halo, was most conspicuously pourtrayed.

The halo or glory evidently impressed on the fog, but the figure appeared to be a shadow on the water; the different parts became obscure in proportion to their remoteness from the head, so that the lower extremities were not perceptible."-- _Account of the Arctic Regions_, vol.i.

ch.v.sec.vi.p.

394.

A similar phenomenon occurs in the Khasia Hills, in the north-east of Bengal .-- _Asiat.