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Sept. 1 



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7 



10 



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 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

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 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



Partly clear. 

 Mostly ov't. 

 Ov't from B^*^. 

 Mostly ov't. 



Prob. a frost. 

 (15) 



(16) 

 (17) 



HerricTc's Auroral Register. 



Ov't. Rain. Obs. impos. to 10^\ and probably all night. 

 Mostly clear. No A.B. to 10^ Moon. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10^. [parently none to 11''. 



Cloiicls breaking. Obs. uncertain on ac't of clouds and moon : ap- 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. nearly impos. to lOl^"". Moon. Prob. no A.B. 

 ~ " ' Obs. rather uncertain on ac't of clouds and moon.* 



Obs. nearly impos. ; apparently none to ll'^. 

 Obs. impos. on account of clouds. Moon. 



Obs. nearly impos. ; apparently none to lO''. Moon, 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10'', and prob. all night. [none to 10^*". 



Clearing oif : obs. rather ixnc. on ac't of cl'ds and moon : apparently 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. uncertain; probably none to lO^*". 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. neaiiy impos. ; none discoverable. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10\ 

 Clear. No A.B. to ll^ 



Clear at 6^ Ov't at lO'^: sooncl'r. No A.B. to 10^'^ 

 Mostly clear. No A.B. to lO*". 

 Mostly clear. A.B. seen from S'' 40". 

 Ov't. Rain. Obs. impos. 

 Clear. A.B. seen. Rank, No. 5. 

 Clear. A.B. seen. Rank, No. 7. 

 Mostly ov't. No A.B. seen. Cloudy after ^^* 

 Thickly ov't. Obs. impos, to 10'\* 

 Mostly clear. No A.B. to 10'\ Probably a frost. 

 Mostly clear. No A.B. seen to lV\ Probably a frost. 

 Clear except faint cirri in N. No A.B. seen to lO"*. 

 Clear. No A.B. seen to lO'^. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10". 



Mostly ov't. Clear at 9^^. No A.B. to lO'^. Moon. 

 Mostly ov't, thinly. No A.B. to lO''. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to lO'', and probably all night. 

 Ov't after 9:^'\ No A.B. to that time. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10". 



Mostly clear to 8|^". No AB. to that time, and prob. none to ll". 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 11". 



Clear. Very slight A.B. if any. I saw none to 11".* 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10". 

 Mostly ov't, with cirri No A.B. to 11". 



Obs. rather uncertain on ac't of cl'ds and moon ; prob. none to 1 0". 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10". 

 Mostly clear. No A.B. to 10". Moon. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10". Moon. 

 Clear. No AB. to 10". 



Clear. A.B, not very conspicuous. (18) 



A.B. (19J 



Obs. doubtful on account of clouds.* (20) 



Partly ov't. 

 Clear. A.B. 



(21) 



Aug. 13th. — Apparently none to lOh 30m . Mr. Chas. Rich thinks he saw auroral light through 

 the clouds about llh. 



Aug. 29th.— Went to Southampton. Mr. A. B. Haile keeps record during my absence (till 

 Sept.'4th, inclusive). I saw a faint A.B, during the evening at Southampton, L. I. 



Aug. 30th.— I thought I saw an A.B. through the clouds at Southampton, but it is some- 

 what uncertain. 



Sept. 13th. — Mr. Haile thinks he saw a single streamer, but is uncertain. 



Sept. 22d.— Apparently a faint illumination, but no streamers seen. Probably was a slight 

 Aurora. 



