28 OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT. 



'No. 14. 



JUNE 23d, 1853 : EVENING, 



Lat. 26^ 10 ' N.: Lon. 127 42' E. 



Sun pet at 6h. 501m. 

 Stronger Light at 8A. 30m, and 9/i. Diffuse at Sh. 30m, 



Am carefully on the lookout for the Zodiacal Light, but clouds and the moon have interfered. This evening, got 

 a view, and found the light had apparently some new characteristics. The twilight is long, and it is not till 8 h 30 m 

 that I can mate out the outlines. The Stronger Light, at 8 1 ' 30 m , seemed to stretch away to the northward, so as to 

 reach 70 along the horizon. Its right extremity, however, had the look of a hard sky, not the gauzy appearance 

 of the Zodiacal Light. It was very distinct. At I) 1 ' the Stronger Light had ascended, extending, however, as- before, 

 70 along the horizon. The Diffuse Light is very faint, and can be recognized only by the dimming of the stars 

 behind it : it required a great many trials in order to get its boundaries. 



