252 OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT, 



No. 126. 



MARCH 7th, 1854: MORJHNO. 



Lat. 35 26' N. : Lon. 139 42' E. 



Sun rose (>/i. 25Am. 

 Stronger Light at 5 o'clock. 



Clouds have prevented all morning observations since the unsuccessful effort of February 24th ; hut this morning 

 was a very clear one, and I made another attempt at 5 o'clock. The ecliptic now, in this high latitude, makes a 

 low angle with the horizon ; and, above the Milky Way, there was decidedly no Zodiacal Light to be seen ; but, 

 below the Milky Way, it was very strong, and there could be no doubt about it. I have given its boundaries in the 

 chart, its upper end being lost in the Milky Way. What I saw was the Stronger Light. Tbis Light was so strong 

 as evidently to cheat the officer of the deck in the flag-ship (Powhatan), and to make him believe it was dawn long 

 be ore it was really so. Some time alter G' 1 the Light began to show a stronger spot towards the left, which, ascend- 

 ing there, soon became dawn. 



