they are masses of gas thrown beyond the sun's atmosphere, which

expand enormously when the pressure to which they are subjected

in the sun is removed--for only in space freed from resistance

could they move at such velocities, and that their brilliancy is

increased by great electrical disturbance. If they were entirely

the play of electrical forces, their change of place would be

practically instantaneous, which, however rapid their movement,

Finding that they were rapidly swinging towards their proper