78 OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT. 



No. 39. 



JULY 18th, 1853 : MORNING. 



Lat. at 3h., 33 42' N.: Lon. ISS^ 13' E. 



Sun rose 5h. 7m. 

 Stronger and Diffuse Light at 2 and 3 o'clock. 



The moon set towards 2 o'clock. 



There was a heavy rain in the early part of the night; and on going on deck, just before 2" this morning, I found 

 the atmosphere remarkably clear, and the sky unusually fine for observations. 



