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partly mottled and partly moving streamers; 23:22:44, aurora growing stronger in west, 

 snake-like streak in southwest from zenith to horizon, where it is mottled, very faint in north- 

 east ; 23:22:52; snake-like streak northeast to southwest through zenith, also a horizontal 

 streamer 10 above horizon southeast to southwest ; 23: 23: 28, aurora has disappeared. 25, 

 observations were not taken on account special request of Mr. Fiala to be present at Christmas 

 dinner. 26, the fibers were found broken, the suspension tube was taken to the dwelling- 

 house to attach new fibers, meanwhile a strong blizzard came up preventing return to 

 hut. 29:14:46, clear, moonlight. 30:00:00, cloudy; 30:06:14, increasing to 38d in one 

 minute ; 30:06: 22, stops at 29*. 3 ; 30:06: 46, stops at 22 d .o and then continues to decrease to 

 6:48; 30:07:04, reached 42 d .5 after this reading; 30:07:08, rapidly decreasing to 9 d -5 ; 

 30:07: 10, increases to 6i d .g ; 30:06: 20, faint aurora through zenith to southwest, fog all along 

 horizon; 30:08: oo, clouded all over; 30:09:54, increased to 39 d . i ; 30:09:24, faint aurora 

 through zenith to northeast and southwest ; 30:09: 56, clear sky, no aurora ; 30: 13: 16, clear 

 and moonlight ; 30: 15: 08, increased to 38d ; 30: 20: 18, clear, moonlight, no aurora ; 30: 23: 44, 

 clouded over. 31 : 21 : oo, overcast and snowing. 



January, 1904. 1:17:14, snowing. 3:00:00, clear, moonlight night, no aurora. 

 4:08:00, clear, moonlight, no aurora ; 4:09:58, scale increases rapidly. 5: 12: 14, temperature 

 falling rapidly outside; 5:12:44, aurora in streak 15 above horizon from west to north; 

 5: 12: 50, faint aurora northeast to southwest through zenith ; 5: 12:56, aurora growing stronger, 

 streak becoming wavy; 5:13:00, aurora growing stronger in northeast, now two streaks; 

 5:13:12, aurora a series of bands close together northeast to southwest through zenith, stronger 

 in northeast; 5:13:24, aurora growing fainter, particularly in southwest; 5:13:32, aurora 

 stronger in southwest ; 5: 13; 44, aurora growing stronger in northeast ; 5: 14; 02, aurora very 

 faint; 5:14:08, aurora in broad band from horizon to zenith northeast, extremely faint in 

 southwest from zenith to horizon in baud ; 5: 14: 16, aurora in three wavy bands from north- 

 east to southwest through zenith ; 5: 14: 54, aurora has entirely disappeared. 6:04: 18, scale 

 decreases unsteadily; 6:10:00, high wind, snowing; 6:13:08, wind moderating; 6:16:28, 

 calm; 6: 1 6: 20, overcast ; 6: 16: 36, snowing ; 6: 18: 50, calm, overcast, light snow; 6:21:14, 

 temperature rising very rapidly outside. 7: 16:00, easterly wind, about 35 miles an hour; 

 7:19:42, calm. 8:20:00, easterly wind, about 25 miles an hour. 10:00:26, faint aurora, 

 north wind, 20 miles; 10:06:06, after this small oscillation scale continues to increase. 

 11:08:30, aurora northeast to southwest through zenith. 12:12:00, overcast and foggy; 

 12: 15:28, aurora, faint, northeast to southwest, one arch with vertex 60 above horizon in 

 southeast, another streak parallel to arch and above it ending in zenith ; 12: 15: 40, streak and 

 arch have united to form one broad band stronger in northeast. 13:03: ro, magnet vibrating 

 up and down ; 13:03: 14, vertical vibrations have ceased ; 13: 04: 16, magnet vibrating up and 

 down; 13:04:20, clear, light fog on horizon; 13:04:28, vertical vibrations have ceased; 

 13:05:16, magnet checked with adjusting pin; 13:06:22, clear and calm; 13:07:50, scale 

 continues to decrease after reading of 56 d .5 taken ; 13: 13: 44, arc-shaped aurora from northeast 

 to northwest ; 13: 14: 56, aurora still northeast to northwest and bulk increased by about two ; 

 13: 15:40, aurora has disappeared ; 13: 16: 16, faint aurora north to west in arch northwest 10 

 above horizon; 13: 16: 32, aurora very faint ; 13:17:40, aurora has practically disappeared; 

 13:20:04, faint aurora in streak, northeast to southwest, stronger in northeast; 13:20:24, 

 aurora has disappeared entirely in southwest; 13:20:32, aurora in two arches northeast to 

 southwest, vertices of both in southeast, the one 20 and the other 50 above the horizon ; 

 13: 20:48, aurora in broad irregular band, northeast to southwest through zenith ; 13: 21: 28, 

 aurora has disappeared ; 13: 22: 26, aurora reappears in two streaks from northeast to south 

 10 above and parallel to horizon, changing rapidly to mottled appearance ; 13: 22: 30, aurora 



