96 Relation of Aurora Borealis to Atmospheric Phenomena. 



Nov. 23. Very faint. Shower of snow on the 25th. 

 Dec. 4. Vivid. Stormy, with rain and hail that night and next day. 

 9. Not very vivid, with lightning and shooting stars. Heavy 

 showers on the 10th. 



29. Rather vivid. Rain during the night, and next day. 



1834. 

 Jan. 3. Not vivid. Some rain on the 4th. 

 Feb. 9. Faint. Rain on the 10th. 



Mar. 5. Luminous arch ; aurora appeared like horizontal strata of light 

 and shade, without coruscations. Rain during the night; 

 and, on the 6th, violent gale, with rain, snow, and hail. 

 G. With a few coruscations, and much lightning. Rain that night 



and next day, with gale. 

 7. Similar to the last. Stormy, with rain and hail on the 8th. 



' \ Very faint, no coruscations. Rain on the night of the 11th. 



30. Faint. Shower on the 3lst. 



31. Faint. Rain on April I. 



April 4. Faint. Dense masses of threatening rain-clouds on the 5th 

 shower on the morning of the 7th. 



28. Faint. Rain on the 29th and 30th. 

 May 3. Faint. Rain on the evening of the 4th. 



5. Faint. Showers next day. 



7. Rather faint. Much rain on the 8th. 



12. Faint. Rain on the evening of the 13th. 



June 21. Luminous arch. Heavy showers with thunder next day. 



July 18. Rather vivid. Stormy, with much rain on the 19th. 



25. Concentric arches of light and shade. Stormy, with much 



rain next day. 

 Aug. 31. Vivid, with much lightning. Long and heavy showers next 



day. 

 Sept. 1. Faint. Rain during that night. 



6. Faint. Shower on the evening of the 7th. 

 Oct. 1. Faint. Shower same night. 



3. Faint. Slight showers next day. 



4. Extensive, though not very brilliant, light, in broad waves reach- 



ing south of the zenith. Rain during the night. 



5. Faint. Shower during the night. 



6. With a few coruscations, and strata of light and shade. Rain 



during the night. 



7. Faint. Stormy, with rain on the 8th and 9th. 



23. Vivid, beautifully coloured. Stormy; many dense nimbose 

 clouds passed over, but were not discharged here; frost 

 strong. 



26. Faint. Shower during the night. 



29. Faint. Showers that night and next evening ; wind high. 



Nov. 2. Very vivid ; at first of a green colour, j Ver ? ^^t^ 

 o -poiA i rain on the 3d, 4th, and 



3. Faint. ^ «g 



Dec. 4. Rather bright. Shower on the 5th. 



5. Bright. Rain on the 6th. 



6. Vivid. Very stormy, with much rain. 



Dundee, Dec. 5. 1834. 



