142 OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT 



No. 71. 



OCTOBER 21st, 1853 : EVENE?S. 



Lat. 22 : J 11' N.: Lon. 113 36' E. 



Sun sot 5^. 27 m. 



Stronger Light at 6A. 30m. Diffuse at eh. 45m. 

 6 45 70 



7 30 



Fine clear evening. At C h 30, got the Stronger Light : but the limits of the Diffuse were not reliable. At 6* 45 m , 

 got both. At *7 h , Stronger Light with outlines as at fi' 1 45'", but much dimmed. At 7 1 ' 30 m , this light scarcely, if at 

 all, distinguishable from the Diffuse; the latter, itself, faint. At 8 h , its lower boundaries /. e. from Corona Borea- 

 lis to a Ophiuchi, alone reliable, but very faint. 



