432 OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT. 



No. 216. 



SEPTEMBER 19th, 1854: MORKINO. 



Lat. at 2h., 29 50' N. : Lon. 131 31'. 



Sun rose at 5/i. 51m. 



Stronger Light at Ih. 20m. aud 2A. 15m.: Diffuse \h. &m, 

 Sim's Lou. 170 11'. 



(17th was Sunday.) Cloudy last evening. Moon in the morning until this a. in. Was on deck at 1 o'clock, and 

 found the Zodiacal Light very distinct at the lower part ; dim at the upper end. Sky very brilliant, Lut was 

 troubled by passing cirri. -Moon rose not long after the second observation. 



