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Cleai*. 

 Cleai*. 

 Clear. 

 Ov't: 

 Clear. 

 Clear. 

 Ov't. 



JlerricJc's Auroral Register. 



Ov't and raining. Obs. inipos. to 11^, and doubtless all night. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to \0\^ at least. 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. to 8". At lO'' clouds in IST. and N.E. 



Hazy. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10^^. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10^"^, and doubtless all night. [no A.B. 



Clear early : moon : no A"B. to 8'' : 8^ to 10^ m'y ov't ; at lO^*" clear : 



Mostly cl'r to about 8"^ : aft. too hazy and cl'y for obs. to 1 1^ at least. 



Clear; hazy around hor. : moon rose about 8^*^ : no A.B, seen to ll''. 



Partly clear; flying clouds. No A.B. seen to 10'^. 



Mostly clear to 7''. " At 9'^ mostly ov't. Obs. impos. from 9'' to 10\ 



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



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



Very clear. A fine general A.B.* (290) 



Ov't : obs. impos. to 11*^, and d's all n't : some rain during the night. 



No A.B. to 11^. 



No A.B. to lO**. Did not observe in person. 



No A.B. to d^. 

 about 11'' p'y cl'r in S., and around zenith : obs. impos. to ll*" 



No A.B. to ll''. 



No A.B. to 11*^. 



Obs. impos. to lO^*" at least.* [impos. to 10^^ 



N'y cl'r to 8^'' ; at 8^'^ ov't, m'y so to 10^'^ : no A.B. to 8:^" : aft. obs. 

 Ov't and rainy. Obs. impos. to 10^, and doubtless much later. 

 Clear : moon begins to interf : no A.B. seen to 1 0'', but som't susp. 

 Ov't to 9^'' ; obs. impos. ; 9^'' to lOf*" n'y cl'r : moon : no A.B. seen. 

 Ov't to ll'' at least, and obs. impos. all night. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10^'^ at least, and doubtless much later. 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. impos. or nearly so to 10'^. 

 Ov't to 10\ Obs. impos. 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 11". 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10'\ 

 Ov't. Obs. inipos. to 104^'^ at least. 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B." seen to 10:^''. 

 Much obsc. by cirri: moon: no A.B. seen to lO^*" 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10'', and doubtless later. 

 Ov't to 10'', then n'y cl'r, except in N. : moon : obs. impos, to 10'', and' 

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

 Ov't. Obs. inipos. to 9'', and doubtless all night. 

 Nearly clear. No A.B. to 9^''. 

 Mostly cloudy. No A.B. at 9". 

 Mostly clear, but hazy. No A.B. to 9f''. 

 Clear. No A.B. to ll\ 



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

 Ov't. Obs. nearly inipos. to 9|'', and doubtless all night.* 

 N'y ov't : about 9'' some large stars vis. : obs. impos, to 10'', p. all n't. 

 Nearly clear, although somewhat hazy. No A.B. to 9^''. 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. nearly impos. to 9^'' at least. No A,B, seen. 

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



obs, n'y impos. 

 [n'y so to lO^M 



April 7th. — Numerous streamers and red tints. About lOh a zone, 2° to 7° broad, spanning 

 the heavens from E. to W. Auroral waves at intervals from lOh to llh 30m. 



April 15th. — About lOli 30m the N. seemed much lighter than other parts of the sky. "Was 

 there A.B. behind? At ISh 10m sky mostly overcast, but a long narrow opening on N.W. hori- 

 zon. No A.B. visible then. 



May 8th.— Between 8h and 9h some unusual light suspected along N, horizon, through either 

 a narrow opening, or a thinner region in the clouds. 



