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Mar. 



JlerrlcFs Auroral Hegister. 



Mostly clear. Xo A.B. to 10^ 



Clear. Moon until 10'\ No A.B. to iP. 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. to 11''. 



Mostly clear to 9'', after that too cloudy for obs. Moon.* 



Clear in N. during latter pai't of evening. Moon. No A.B. to lO''. 



Clear: moon: no A.B. to 10|^'': within doors most of the evening. 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. to 9'\ 



Clear except a few low clouds in N. Moon. No A.B. to lO''. 



Clear after 7*^. Moon. No A.B. to 10^. 



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



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 114^^ 



Very clear. No A.B. 



Clear at 6^'' : no A.B. then : aft. a heavy fog, and obs. impos, to lOl*". 



Clear. No A.B. to 9". 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to ll** at least. 



Clear. No A.B. to lO*'. 



Clear but somewhat hazy. No A.B. to lO^^''. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 11*^, and doubtless all night. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 11'', and doubtless all night. 



Clear. No A.B. to 10''. 



Clear. No A.B. to 9^'', Avhen it became partly clouded.* (209) 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10'', and probably all night. 



Squalls of snow during evening. Clear after 8''. No A.B. to lO*". 



Clear after 7i''. No A.B. to io^''. 



Clear. No A.B. to 10". 



Chiefly clear to 9" ; after that ov't.* (210) 



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



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 94^", and doubtless much later. 



Clear, except a bank of "cloud 10° high in N. No A.B. to 10''. 



M'y cl'r until 9", when it became hazy and then cl'y : no A.B, seen. 



Ov't and raining. Obs. impos. 



Clear. Moon interferes. No A.B. seen to 10".* 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10", and doubtless all night. 



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



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10", 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 104^''. 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10". Within most of the evening. 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9". Some cloudiness in N. 



Mostly ov't. Obs. nearly impos. to 10''. Moon. No A.B. seen. 



Hazy and partly cl'y to 9", aft. ov't : moon: obs. dif : no A.B. seen. 



Ov't and raining. Obs. impos. to 10", and prob. all night. 



Partly clear to 8". No A.B. to 8" ; after that too cloudy for obs. 



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



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10", and probably all night. 



Ov't and drizzling. Obs. impos. to 10". 



Clear. No A.B. to 10". 



Cloudless, but hazy. No A.B. to 10^". 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10", and probably all night. 



Ov't. Obs. imjios. to 10", Lightning in evening. 



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Jan. 20th. — At times I suspected a faint Tight in N., but could not determine. 

 Feb. 6tli. — About lOh througli tlie clouds tliere appeared some indications of the A.B. I am 

 disposed to thinli them real. 

 Feb. 11th. — About 9h there is a slight aurora ; a luminous bank low in the N. 

 Feb. 17th. — About 9^ 30m, a faint light is suspected in N., but very uncertain. 



