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about 9.45 p. in. After this there was a pale glow around the horizon, beginning to take the form 

 of horizontal bauds in the S. ami SW. at 1 a. m. At 2 a. in. there was a licit of two or threw 

 streaks, white and quiet (brightness ( to 1), from a point in Monoceros in the ESE. to one in 

 Bootes in the XXW. through Gemini and Ursa .Major. At 2.15 the belt was slightly higher, 

 brighter, and more homogeneous. It was brightest in the XXW. At 3 a. in. there was a broad 

 zone of the usual type, but very pale (brightness to 1), with its stationary points in Mouoceros in 

 the LSE. just below I'rocyon and in Serpens in the XXW. The eastern edge passed, through 

 Cams Minor, Cancer, Leo Minor, Canes Venatiei, and P.ootes, the western through Canis Minor, 

 Gemini, Auriga, Camelopardalis, the upper part of Cassiopeia, Cyguus and Lyra, Draco and Her- 

 cules. It was somewhat broken and palo at 3.15. At 4 the zone was reduced to two very pale 

 (0 to 1) bands starting together from a point in Hydra close to the ESE. horizon, one crossing 

 about 20 E. of the zeuith, and the other through Orion to near the horizon in the SW. At 3 

 there were merely traces around the horizon. At G a pale yellowish-green band (brightness to 1) 

 stretched through Andromeda, Perseus, and Auriga to Canis Minor. At 7 there were two similar 

 arches one above the other from Pegasus through. Pisces, Taurus, and Orion to Mouoceros. At 8 

 a. m. u bright band (1 to 2} with streamers waving slowly from W. to E. extended from Pegasus 

 through Cygnus, Lyra, and Hercules to Bootes. At 9 there were merely traces in Cyguus, Lyra, 

 and Hercules. Xo more aurora was seen till 1 p. in., when there was an arched band (brightness 1) 

 from Andromeda through Lacerta and Cyguus to Lyra. This had faded to traces at 1.15. The 

 magnetic needles were comparatively undisturbed, though up to 5 a. m. the horizontal force was 

 rather greater than usual. 



December 5 and G, 1882, 12.55 p. m. to 8 a. in. At 11.55 p. in. live pale streamers were seen in 

 Coma Berenices and Canes Yenatici in the XXE. These were seen again in the same position 

 at 1 a. m. but very much paler. At 1.15 there were two faint arched bands (brightness to 1) in 

 the E., one from Orion to Gemini, the other from Canis Minor through Cancer. From 2 to 2.15 

 there were two hazy and quiet bauds (brightness 1) stretching from a point in Monoceros low in 

 the ESE. to one in Serpeus in the XXW. through Gemini and Ursa Major. The upper band 

 was the broader, and the light was brightest in the ESE. At 'A a. in. there was a broad, pale 

 (0 to 1) zone of the ordinary type with its starting point in the ESE. and XXW. in Monoceros 

 and Hercules, below a Lyrae, about 10 or 15 above the horizon, crossing the zenith and extending 

 west to Cassiopeia, Cyguus, and Lyra. .It was brightest in ESE., where it also sent ofi" a broad 

 band (brightness 2) through Leo, Leo Minor, and Canes Veiiatici to Corona Boreali.s in the X. This 

 band was paler and somewhat broken at 3.15. At 4.15 the aurora was unchanged in character 

 but had spread westward to the Pleiades aud the square of Pegasus, with a slow drifting move- 

 ment to the west. At 5 a. in. there were two arches (brightness 1), without motion, one from 

 Cygnus through Cassiopeia and Gemma, and the other from Lyra through Ursa Major to Leo 

 Minor. At i< there was a pale (0 to 1) yellowish-green arch in the SW. from Andromeda through 

 Aries and Taurus to Canis Minor. At 7 a. m. the aurora was brighter (1 to 2), and formed an 

 arch, with streamers vibrating slowly, extending from Hercules through Corona Borcalis and 

 Bootes to Coma Berenices. There was another pale, motionless arch close to the hori/ou from the 

 SW. to SrfE. The weather was hazy at 8 a. in. but traces of aurora were still visible. After 

 this the, sky became overcast, preventing further observation. The magnetic needles were un- 

 usually quiet, though the horizontal force was rather higher than usual. 



I December 7, 1882. .'! a. m. to 1.30 p. m. Though the sky was partially clear at 3 a. in. no aurora 

 was visible except a, pale glow along the southern horizon. At 5 a. m. a pale yellowish band 

 crossed from Cygnus through Draco to Canes Venatiei, motionless (brightness to 1). Clouds 

 prevented the G a. m. observation. At 7a.m. there was another extensive aurora crossing the 

 zenith. The western and southern limits ran from Pegasus through Auriga and Gemini to Leo, 

 the eastern and northern from Ursa Major through Draco and Cephens and Lacerta. It was a 

 belt of arches without streamers, varying slightly in brightness (1 to 2). Xo motion was noticed, 

 but at 7.15 a. m. the position was a little changed. At 8 two yellowish-green bands, motionless, 

 and brightness 1 to 2, extended from Taurus through Orion to Canis Minor and Monoceros. At 9. 17 

 there was a broad, quiet, white arch of diffused light from the SE. to XXW., having at the crown 

 an altitude of 25 or 30. At the same time a large portion of the sky northeast of the zenith 



