UNITED STATES JAPAN EXPEDITION. 



OBSERVATIONS 



THE ZODIACAL LIGHT, 



APRIL 2, 1853, TO APRIL 22, 1855, 



MADE CHIEFLY ON BOARD 



THE UNITED STATES STEAM-FRIGATE MISSISSIPPI, 



DURING HER LATE CRUISE IN EASTEEN SEAS, AND HER VOYAGE HOMEWARD : 



WITH 



CONCLUSIONS FROM THE DATA THUS OBTAINED; 



^^H BY 



REV. GEORGE JONES, A. M., 



CHAPLAIN UNITED STATES NAVY. 



"Je ne comprends pita par quel sort tin olijet [la Lumitre Zodiaeale], qui tomlte de si pres F astronomic moderne et la jilii/sigue cleste, a 

 (t( nfgligi jusqu' a ce paint par lex astronomes et par les auteurs mf/eoroloyiques." MAIEAN. 



VOLUME III. 



WASHINGTON: 



BEVERLKY TUCKER, SENATE PRINTER. 



1856. 



