Semck^s Auroral Register. 



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Ov't to about 9''. Between 9'' and 10'' eleavino- up.* (376) 



Clear: no A.B., or perhaps about 10*^ ground for slight suspicion. 



Thinly ov't. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9'', and obs. nearly iinjDos. 



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



Ov't early in ev'g, clear later. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10^''. 



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



Mostly ov't. Obs. impos. to 10'^, and probably all night. 



Mostly ov't. Moon. No A.B. seen to lO*", but obs. nearly impos. 



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



Clear and mild. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9|''. 



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



Clear. Moon after about 7^'^. No A.B. seen to 10''. 



Clear. Moon after ^^. No A.B. to 104-". 



Much clouded. No A.B. seen to 10'^, but obs. necessarily unc. 



Cl'r first part of ev'g, becoming cl'y bet'n 9)^ and 10'' : no A.B. to 9''.* 



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



Clear : a very fiiint aur. light in N. ab't 9'' : I saw no streamers. (377) 



Ov't early. After 8" clear, and no A.B. to 9''. 



Very cleai'. No A.B. to 10^'', yet faintly suspected about 10''. 



Clear early part of evening. A.B. about 7''.* (378) 



P'ycl'r: no A.B. to 7'' orat'lO'' : cl'ds impair obs. : within, 7'' to 10". 



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



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



Very clear. No A,B. to 9''. At 5'' a.m. clear, and no A.B. 



Mostly cloudy to 10''.* (379) 



Muchcl'ded; obs. impaired : ab't 10'' cl'r ; no A.B.,yet som't obsc. 



M'y cl'r, yet hazy : ab't 10'' m'y cl'r, except cl'd low in N. : no A.B. 



Ov't and rainy before 7'' ; at 8'' and after cleai-, and no A.B. to lO''. 



Clear. No A.B. to 8". [Or to 11". (F. B.)] 



Clear. No A.B. to 8^". 



Clear. Moon begins to interfere. No A.B. to 9''. 



Mo.stly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9|''. 



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



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



Mostly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10''. 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10^".* (380) 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9''. Did not observe personally. 



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



Mostly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10''. Within from 8'' to 9^". 



Mostly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to lO^^". Within most of ev'g. 



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



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



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



Chiefly clear early in ev'g : about 10" and after ov't : no A.B. to 9". 



Clear. No A.B. to 9", and none at 5" a.m. of 4th.* 



Clear. A.B. most of evening to 10" at least.* (381) 



Jan. 18th. — About lOh A.B. bright. I saw no streamers, looking a few minutes, but only a 

 strong light about 5° high, amplitude 60° to 70°. 



Feb. 1st. — About lOh strongly suspected some auroral light low in the N. 



Feb. 6th. — A mere general light low on N. horizon. I saw no streamers, watching five or 

 ten minutes. Within doors from 71i 30m to lOh. At lOh wholly overcast. 



Feb. 11th.— At lOh nearly dear, except low cloud in N. and N.W. No A.B. then. [At llh, 

 A.B., low general light, no streamers. (F. B.)] Possibly this refers to the 13th. 



Feb. 22d.— At llh an A.B., imperfect arch 4° to 5° high, 50° to 60° amplitude. No stream- 

 ers. [F. B.] 



March 3d.— A.B. most probably, at llh. [F. B.] 



March 4th. — Little general light : groups of streamers now and then, 20° to 30° high at top, 

 and chiefly E. of N. 



