HerricJc's Attroral Hegister. 



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Ov't, Obs. irapos. to 

 Mostly clear. Moon. 

 Clear. Moon. 

 Clear. Moon. 

 Clear. Moon. 

 Clear, chiefly. 

 Clear. Moon. 

 Ov't. 

 Ov't. 



-^, and probably all night.* 

 No A.B. seen to 9^. [of ev'g; 



No A.B. seen to 7^'^, or 9|'' to 10\ Within most 

 No A.B. seen to 10'', Within most of evening. 

 No A.B. seen to W\ 

 Moon. No A.B. seen to 10\ 

 No A.B, seen to 10^ 

 Obs. impos. to 9^'', p. later : at b^ a.m. cl'r : moon : no A.B. 

 Obs. impos. to 9'\ and doubtless later. 



impos. 



Mostly clear. Moon rose about B*". No A.B. seen to QV^ 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. impos. to 94^'\ and probably all night. 

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

 Clear. A.B. moderate.* 



Partly cloudy. No A.B. to 10''. At 10" ov't, and obs 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 8f' ', and probably all night. 



Obs. impos. to lO*", and probably all night. 



Obs. impos. to — '', and doubtless all night. 



(319) 



impos. 



Ov't. 

 Ov't. 

 Clear 

 Clear 

 Ov't. 

 Clear 



No A.B. to 9A-" or 10''. Within from 7'' to 9'', 



A,B. for a short time about B*".* 

 Obs. impos. to 9^'', and probably most of the night.* 



A.B., slight.* 

 Beautifully clear. A.B. moderate.* 

 Mostly cloudy. Obs. nearly or quite impos. to 10'', 

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



(320) 



(321^ 

 (322) 



(323) 

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[quite impos. to 10''. 

 M'y ov't early ; n'y cl'r 9'' to 10'', except in N. : moon : obs. nearly or 

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

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9^". 

 Mostly clear. Moon, No A.B. seen to 9i\ 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9^''.* 

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

 Mostly clear. Cirrous streaks. Moon, No A.B. seen to 10''. 



March 13tb. — At and after 5h a.m. of 15tli, sky overcast, clouds broken, very light along the 

 horizon from N. to N.N.W. Suspected it to be due to A.B., but could not decide, for the 

 clouds were too dense. 



March 24th. — Not seen until after 8h, visible to lOh ; about 80° amplitude illuminated, 5° to 

 8° high, and an indistinct arch. Occasional streamers. About llh a mass of red light ia 

 N.W., two streamers 60° high, more or less, and a distinct arch .5° or 10° high. 



March 30th. — At 7h 45m, more or less, a general light, and a pretty definite arch from N. 25* 

 W. to N. 55° E., about 8° or 10° high. Soon after 8h this disapi^eared, and no trace of A.B. 

 could be seen to 9h 30m at least. An unusual case. 



March 81st. — Some suspicions of unusual light about 9h ; but perhaps due to varying thick- 

 ness of clouds. 



April 1st. — From 9h to lOh I saw only a faint liglit, 30° amplitude, but no streamers. [At 

 llh A.B., bright. (F. B.)] 



April 2d. — General light, several streamers through amplitude of 70°, more or less, some 35* 

 high, to lOh. 



April 6th. — Not much until 9h 30m, when streamers appeared through amplitude of 60° or 

 more, reaching up 40° or more, and their tops immersed in diffuse red vapor. This continued 

 ten minutes or more, when I retired. Between 10b and 11!', flue display, red light, streamers 

 60° high, two arches 20° and 40° high, undulations. Between 2h and 3h a.m. of 7th, another 

 outbreak. This time reported to me. 



April 7th. — Dr. Charles Hooker informs me that about midnight the A.B. was visible ; not 

 very conspicuous, yet certain. 



April 15th. — A.B. at Worcester, Mass. No details. Ibth Meport of Ifass. State Lunatic Hospital, 

 Dec. 1848, p. 62. 



