Curious Mirage in British Columbia.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8054, 1 November 1897, Page 4

Curious Mirage in British Columbia.

A coxTuinuTiiK to the Weekly Times and Echo, who has just returned from the Yukon goldfields, in a very interesting article in the last number, incidentally gives an account of a remarkable mirage, which, it is said, always occurs in those regions towards tho end of June or thereabout. The puzzle of course is, what " city " is it that is reflected V The correspondent quoted says : — " Early one morning as we were tumbling out of our cots, Joey (the Indian) came rushing in, explaining in his own picturesque fashion that the Manitou had shown him his celestial abode. We hastily scrambled out of the wigwam, and craned our necks to catch a

glimpse of the lost Eden, or whatever it might be, and sure enough there unrolled itself to our astonished and enraptured eyes a most wonderful mirage. It looked like some immense city of the past. Domes, minarets, spires, belfries, houses, streets, everything was as complete as could be, but in vain we racked our brains to see whether we could locate the ciir'oi's place. Not one of us could form the remotest idea in what part of the world this settlement could be in. Some guessed at Toronto, others Montreal, and one of us even suggested Pekin. But whether this city exists in some unknown world on the other side of the North Pole or not remains to be proved. Nevertheless, it is a fact that this wonderful mirage occurs from time to time yearly, and we were not the. only ones who witnessed tho spectacle. Therefore, it is evident that it must bo the reflection of some place built by the hands of men.''