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NOTES TO DECEMBER RECORD. 



1st. Four ptarmigan seen. 



3d. 11 P. M., pale aurora in S. W. (true), about 18° above horizon. 



4th. 10 P. M., aurora iu S. W. [Bright from E. to W. N. W. (through south), about 25° above 

 the horizon. — B. of T. Papers.'] 



5th. A ptarmigan seen; from 8 P. M. until midnight aurora from horizon between S. E. and W., 

 extending upwards nearly to the zenith. [6 to 7> 30 m - P. M., flashing from S. E. to N. W. across the 

 zenith ; at 10 P. M. faint iii the westward, and at midnight in W. N. W. and across zenith from N. W. 

 to S. E.— B. ofT. Papers.] 



6th. 8 until 9 P. M., pale aurora between W. and S. E., about 35° above horizon. 



8th. A fox caught; 8 P. M., aurora in the S. E. [about 40° above horizon]. 



9th. A fox caught. 



10th. A fox caught. 



11th. 10 P. M., several shooting stars. 



12th. 5 to 7 P. M., bright aurora between E. by S. and N. "W. [Bright from N. W. to S. E. 

 (through S.) about 60° above horizon. — B. of T. Papers.] 



13th. 6 to 7 A. M., light aurora between S. E. and N. ; 9 P. M., aurora from S. S. E. to W. N. W., 

 about 20° above the horizon [and continuing until midnight] ; several ptarmigan seen. 



14th. 4 A. M., bright aurora from S. W. through E. to X. W. ; 10 P. M., aurora between S. E. and 

 S, W. near the horizon. [20° above horizon. — B. of T. Papers.] Ptarmigan seen. 



15th. 5 to 8 A. M. ; bright aurora from E. through S. to N. W. [30° above horizon.— B. of T. 

 Papers.] 



18th. 6 P. M., a lunar halo, diameter about 45°. [Thickness of ice, 3 feet 1 inch.] 



19th. A covey of ptarmigan seen. 



20th. 8 P. M., a lunar halo, diameter 45 



