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Herriclc's Atiroral Register. 



Ov't and snowing, Obs, irapos. to 9"^ at least. 



Very clear. No A.B. to 10'\ and none at 5'^ and G'^ a.m. of 27th. 



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



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



Clear. No A.B. to 10^ 



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



Ov't and foggy. Obs. impos. to lO'^, and doubtless all night. 



Ov't in morn, 

 no A.B. seen. 

 (308) 



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



M'y ov't in N, to 9'\ when chietiy clear ; cl'r at's^^ 



Generally clear, but the N, much obscured,* 



Clear, No A,B. to 9i'\ 



Ov't, and rainy in part. Obs. impos. to 9^'\ and doubtless later. 



Mostly ov't; stars vis. in zenith part of ev'g. Obs. impos. to lO''. 



Mostly ov't. Obs. nearly or quite impos. to 94^'\ and p. all night.* 



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



Clear. No A.B. to lO''. At 5f'' a.m. clear, and no A.B. 



Clear. Moon until about 8^''. No A.B. to 9>^^. [to ^'^. 



Mostly ov't: moon: afewstarsdimly seen part of ev'g: obs. impos. 



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



Ov't ; drizzle. Obs. impos. to 9^*", and doubtless all night. 



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



Ov't ; rainy. Obs. impos. to 9^'', and doubtless all night. 



Mostly ov't. Moon. N. tolerably clear about 9''. No A.B. seen.* 



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



Clear. Moon. No A,B, seen to 9|'>. 



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



M'y cl'r, but N. embarrassed by cl'ds : no A.B. seen to 9^^*^ : moon. 



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



Clear. Moon. No A.B. to 9". At 9'^ nearly ov't. 



Clear. Moon rose about 8^^''.* 



Clear. No A.B. to \Q)^. 



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



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



Ov't most of the evening. Clear about 10*^ and after.* 



Almost wholly ov't. A.B. 



Clear. No A.B. to %\\ 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to %^^ and probably all night.* 



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



Clear, mostly. No A.B. to 9''. 



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



M'y cl'r early : no A.B. to 8'^ : cl'y after. : obs. impos. to lO'', and p. 



first seen about 6^''.* 



(309) 



(310) 



[all night. 



Jan. 3d. — A moderate A.B., first noticed about 7h, although the sky was before 7h more clear. 

 XigM extended from about N. 5° E. to about N. 35° E. and about 8° to 15° high ; no streamers 

 seen; west of this clouded. Light visible iu N.N.E. without much change, except as caused 

 by clouds, to 9h 30ni, when I ceased to look. 



Jan. 7th. — A light streak on N. horizon at times ; possibly due to A.B., or thinness of clouds 

 there. 



Jan. 16th. — At East Hartford, Conn., an auroral display was seen before daybreak, through 

 openings in the clouds, on the morning of the 16th, and also transiently about 8h p.m. [Profes- 

 sor A. D. Stanley.] 



Jan. 23d. — Apparently a faint light in N. most of the evening. Probably a slight A.B. 



Jan. 27th. — Some suspicions of A.B. reported to me, but nothing positive. Did not watch. 



Jan. 28th. — A strong general light along N. horizon, reaching up about 5° or more ; clouds 

 very soon came over, and by 7h all was shut in ; but before this, through openings iu the clouds, 

 a bright light appeared. 



Jan. 30th. — Somewhat lighter on the N. horizon than elsewhere, occasioning slight suspicions 

 of A.B. 



