70 OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT, 



Bfo. 35. 

 Jt'LY 13th, 1853 : 



Lat. 35 12' N.: Lon. 139 44' E. 



Stm rose 5A. 

 Stronger and Diffuse Light at 2/i. 30m. and 3 o'clock. 



Clouds yesterday morning. At 10 h 30 m last evening I examined the eastern sky, and saw the whitish appear-* 

 ance recorded in No. 32 of this book ; it had the same boundaries as given there for 10 o'clock, and was as bright as 

 then. 



Went out again at midnight, and saw a similar brightness, but thought it too uncertain to be relied on. 



Was out again at 2 h 30 m ; and now there could be no mistake. At 3 1 ' 30 m also tried to get an observation ; but at 

 this hum- the dawn is beginning to show itself. At 2 h 30 m the brightness between 86 and 92 Ceti and a. Avietis, 

 marked aua a in the chart, was equal to that of the Milky Way at 11. 12, and 14 



