28 OCTOBER 1899, Page 15

THE SOLAR RAINBOW.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."],

Sin,—It may interest some of your readers to know that th( rainbow seen by your correspondent (Spectator, October Kett on Wednesday afternoon, October 11th, was also observed by myself and others at Ipswich. At a few minutes past three o'clock I first noticed a portion of an arc on either side of the sun ; one portion was in clear blue sky, the other on a little white, fleecy cloud. This was distinctly visible during tht remainder of the afternoon until sunset, the colours at timer being very vivid, and becoming more so as the sun sank lower.