~t>0 Mean Temperature of thirty-four different places 



ville, Middlebury, Pompey, St Lawrence. Very brilliant, Utica, 

 Cazenovia. 



March 16, Union. 

 March 28, Albany, Pompey. 



March 31, at 10 p. m. a single column of light, a little west 

 of north, extending up at right angles with the horizon, and 

 subtending an angle of about 25 degrees, Franklin. 



April 15, at Albany, Lowville, Pompey, St Lawrence, Utica. 



April 19, from 8 p. m. till nearly midnight, the whole north- 

 ern horizon presented at times, streams of light, which rose, 

 enlarged and disappeared in succession, sometimes extending 

 almost to the zenith ; at others, rising only a few degrees and 

 usually succeeded by a dark hazy appearance. The light from 

 this source was sometimes as much as the moon affords, three 

 or four days after conjunction, Auburn. Very brilliant : Cam- 

 bridge, (Washington,) Canajoharie, Cayuga, At 9 p. m. a 

 broad column of light, perpendicular to the horizon, and ex- 

 tending up about 45 degrees; the whole was so brilliant that 

 the shadows of objects were distinctly seen on the north side 

 of buildings. About midnight it was still more brilliant : 

 Franklin. Brilliant : Hudson, Lansingburgh. Nearly one- 

 third of the horizon illuminated during the night. The high- 

 est part of the illuminated segment extending to the height of 

 45 degrees ; lively coruscations and various hues of great 

 beauty especially a reddish tinge of vast extent, which ap- 

 peared at 9 o'clock : Lowville. Very brilliant : Oxford, Pom- 

 pey, Rochester, Union, Cazenovia. Very beautiful with high 

 coruscations : Utica. 



April 20, brilliant: Cayuga, Delaware, Kinderhook. 



April 21, at Canajoharie. 



April 25, at Rochester. 



April 28, at Lowville. 



May 2, brilliant, 40 degrees above the horizon, 8 p. m., 

 Lewiston, St Lawrence. 



May 4, at 10 p. m. at Auburn, Lansingburgh, Lowville, 

 Oxford, Pompey, St Lawrence. Very bright: Utica- 



May 9, at Canajoharie, Hartwick. 



May 10, at Kinderhook. 



May 11, at St Lawrence. 



