1749, w, A General Chronological History of the Air, Weather, Seasons, Meteors, &c. Chapter , December ... the 28th , the Sun being an Hour high, appeared a Sun-Dog or Parhelion, the Sky full of flying Clouds.
1791, w:Samuel Stearns, The American Oracle. Comprehending an Account of Recent Discoveries in the Arts and Sciences, Chapter Of the Cause of the Rain-bow, Meteors, Sun-dogs, Jack-with-a-lanthorn, Hurricanes, Trade-winds, Monsoons, Whirlwinds, Water-spouts, Clouds, Rain, Hail, Snow, Frost, Mist, Fog, and Dew—, Sun-dogs, called Mock Suns, becau?e they re?emble the ?un, are tvvo ?pots that frequently appear in a cloud vvhen the ?un ?hines through it, and vvhen he is about 15 to 20 degrees above the horizon. ... One is ?ituated on the north, and the other on the ?outh ?ide of the ?un. The refraction and reflection of the rays of light are the cau?e of the?e phænomena.
Kipling Seven Seas|poem=The Rhyme of the Three Sealers|page=68|passage=The good fog heard—like a splitten sail, to the left and right she tore, And they saw the sun-dogs in the haze and the seal upon the shore.
London Love of Life|pages=223–224|pageref=224|passage=Sometimes it is clear, and at midday the sun looks at us for a moment over the hills to the south. The northern lights flame in the sky, and the sun-dogs dance, and the air is filled with frost-dust.
