Kibsien (Shansi) correspondent writes that the comet was very plainly visible to the naked eye there at 6 p.. on January 22, midway between the evening star and the western horizon, with a well defined star-like bead and enormous length of faintly defined tail stretching upward into the eky. He adds that one octogenarian Chinese claimed that it was the second time that he had seen Halley's comet, but we fear that he must live " few weeks longer before he can say this with absolute truthfulness. Halley's Comet, it is to be hoped, will make a better showing than this new Comet,
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