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  <dc:title>Unpublished extract of a letter, regarding a curious phenomenon seen at sea off Kyook Phyoo [Kyaukpyu, Myanmar] from Ensign Haukeu to Captain Williams</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Haukeu describes a 'singular phenomenon' observed off the coast of Kyook Phyoo on the night of 2 January 1846 between 6 and 7 o'clock, believed to be a ship that had caught fire.

Received 7 May 1846. Communicated by Philip Henry Mahon.

An abstract of the paper was published in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Extracts of letters from Captain Williams, first Assistant to the Commissioner of Arracan, and from Ensign Haukeu and Mr. Howe, Marine Assistant Commissioner, giving details of a curious phenomenon seen at sea off Ryook Phyoo [sic]. Communicated by Viscount Mahon, F. R. S., Pres. S. A'.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>3 January 1846</dc:date>
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