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with a movement from E. to W. : 3° 05' W., faint : 

 2° 40' W., 3° 20' W., pencilled rays at E.b.N., motion 

 E. and W. alternately : 3° 00' W., 2° 50' W., 2° 20' 

 W., 2° 45' W., bright at N. : 2° 30' W., 2° 55' W., 

 2° 35' W., 3° 00' W., 2° 50' W., to 3° 00' W., a bright 

 band from E. to N. stationary, become faint : 2° 35' W., 

 motion E. to N. : 2° 40' W., 2° 30' W., needle steady : 

 a faint band E. N.E. to E., moving slowly between 

 2° 30' W., and 3° 00' W. : a small band at E., at an 

 angle of 15°, 2° 40' W. 5 2° 22' W., 2° 30' W. : a cloud 

 from W. gradually obscured the band, 2° 00' W., 

 1° 50' W., 2° 05' W., 1° 48' W., 2° 00' W., 1° 45' 

 W., 1° 52' W., 1° 40' W., needle tremulous : 1° 30' W., 

 E.b.N. to N.E., at an angle of 15° only : a patch N. E. 

 on blue sky, 1° 25' W., 1° 10' W., stationary at 1° 05' 

 W., band disappeared. The stars were bright in the 

 clear spaces, but not visible in the aurora. 



Time at beginning 15 h 57 m 05 s 



ending 16 19 00 



Interval 21 55 



Thermometer, observatory, +26°, air, +27°. Wind 

 S.W. 5. At 16 h 40 m 00 s the sky was overcast, no stars, 

 but eight luminous spots were seen at N., at an angle of 

 15°, and a luminous horizon at W.S.W. 



November 21st. — The needle had been steady the 

 greater part of the day, and at 10 h p.m. it was 0° 12' E. 

 At midnight the coruscations presented a beautiful ap- 

 pearance of concentric pencilled wreaths, convolving 

 near the zenith ; while fringed and undulating bands, 

 composed of innumerable small rays, flitted from W.b.N. 

 to E. At the last point they would sometimes con- 

 centrate into one brilliant radiating mass, and in an 

 instant shoot out into multiform and eccentric shapes 

 towards the zenith, while vivid rays of a perceptible 



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