A TIM'] N DIX. 



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NOTES TO NOVEMBER RECORD. 



1st. Dawn at (''■ 30 m -, dusk at 2>>- 50 m - 



2d. Dawn at 7> 40 ln -, dusk at 3 U - 30 m - ; 8 P. M. a 'oear came to the ship and was shol ; length 7 

 feet 3 inches. 



3d. Dawn at 7 h 30'"-, dusk at 3 h - 30 m - 



4th. Dawn at 8 h - O m -, dusk at 3 1 '- 15 m - 



5th. Dawn at 7' L 30'", dusk at 3 h - 15 m - 



6th. Dawn at 7 1 '- 45'"-, dusk at 3 1 '- 15'" ■; ice in motion ; lanes of water in the S. \V. and N. \Y. ■ 

 two seals seen. 



7th. 1 Dawn at 7 h - 45 m -, dusk at 3 h - 15 m -; lanes of water in all directions ; two dovekies shot ; slight 

 streak of aurora near horizon in the S. E. after 6 P. M. 



8th. Dawn at 8 h - 10 m -, dusk at 3 h - O m -; several seals seen ; 8 P. M. faint aurora in the W. X. W. 



'.ith. 2 Dawn at 8 1 '- 30 m -, dusk at 2 h - 55 m - ; ice in motion, opening and closing; Beveral seals seen; 

 at 10 P. M. several shooting stars, and a faint lunar rainbow. 



10th. 2 A. M. faint streaks of aurora from south to west, near horizon ; dawn at S 1 '- 30'"-, dusk at 

 2 h - 55 m - ; several seals seen. 



1 Notices of auroras inclosed within brackets were taken from the fourth number of Meteorological Papers of the 

 Board of Trade. 



[7th, midnight. Faint in S. W. (trne) horizon, 25' in breadth, and about 28^ i n extent, of a pale yellow color 

 at times, oscillating and decreasing in extent to 14- ; again on following night in N. N. W. horizon.] 



2 [9th, midnight. In south to east (true) pale yellow to pale green, with rays streaming towards the zenith, 

 about 70 above horizon, and rising apparently just above a bank of fog, which gradually overcame an 



it. There were no vibrations or scintillations, but at times it appeared broken up in detached pieces. It continued 

 for an hour and a quarter.] 



