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(ieinini, Lynx, TJrsn Major, Draco, Ursa Minor, and Lyra. At 1 a. in. there was a small /one of 

 two bands in tie NK. (brightness 1). The starting ]>oints were in Hydra KSK. and Hercules 

 NNW., with the upper band through <* and ft Ursa) Majoris, and the lower just above a Cannni 

 Veiiaticuui. At 1.15 the zone was condensed to a single rather sinuous baud (brightness 1 to 2), 

 from the same starting points, running through Leo, Leo Minor, Ursa Major, Canes Venatici, 

 below a Bootis and Corona Borealis At 2 there were two irregular bands in the NK. ln>m 

 the ESE. in Hydra to the NNW. in Aquila, reaching their greatest altitude near n l'r.-;e, 

 Majoris, and a shifting band developing from the same starting points through Ursa Minor. 

 At 2.15 the lower bands were in nearly the same place, and the upper band starting below 

 Procyon ran through Gemini, Auriga, Camelopardalis, Cassiopeia, Cepheus. and Cygnus (brightness 

 of all 1 to 2). At 3 there was a broad belt of two or three, yellow shifting bands (brightness 2 too) 

 low in the SW., from NW. in Aquila to SE. in Mouoceros, through Pegasus, Triangulum, Aries, 

 Taurus, and Orion, gradually beginning to wave. Traces of these bands still remained in the N \Y. 

 at 3.15, while a baud (brightness 2 to 3) crossed the zenith from NNW. in Aquila to ESE. in 

 Monoceros. North of the zenith the band was composed of short streamers vibrating rapidly from 

 N. to S., and south of the zenith of serpentine streaks waving from S. to N., all shifting rapidly: 

 The lower edge of the band was tinged with rose. At 4 there were only traces in the NE. At 5.15 

 quiet bands (brightness to 1) ran from Leo through Canes Venatici, Ursa Major, Corona Borealis, 

 and Hercules. At 0.15 a broad, yellowish band (brightness 1), with streamers moving slightly in 

 Cyguus and Draco, ran through Cyguus, Lyra, Draco, Corona Borealis, Ursa Major, Coma Bere- 

 nices, Leo, and Leo Minor. At 7.15 there were merely traces in the NE., and none were seen at S. 

 At 9 and 10 faint traces began to appear, and at 11.15 a white, quiet band (brightness to 1) ran 

 from ENE. to NNW. through Hercules, Draco, Ursa Minor, and Gemini. At 12 a similar baud, 

 but broad, ran from the ESE. to NW., through Corona Borealis, Canes Venatici, Leo Minor, Can- 

 cer, and Cauis Minor, with luminous patches near the southern horizon. The last faint traces were 

 observed at 1 p. in. The magnetic instruments were slightly disturbed from 3 a. in. to 2 p. m.,the 

 disturbance reaching its maximum at 1 p. in. 



'January 19, 3.15 a. m. to 1.25 p. m. At 3.15 there was a vertical twisted streak in the E., start- 

 ing in Virgo close to the horizon and running up into Leo, where it blended into two nearly straight 

 bands through Coma Berenices and Bootes, growing pale towards the N. (brightness 1 to 2). The 

 streak waved and shifted slowly. At 4 none was perceptible, but at -4.15 there were faint traces 

 close to the eastern horizon. No more was seen till 7.15, when there were two bands, one from 

 Andromeda through Lacerta, Cygnns, Lyra, Hercules, Corona Borealis, and Bootes, and the other 

 and upper band through Draco and Canes Venatk., waving slowly towards the zenith (bright- 

 ness 1)'. There were faint traces over the northern horizon at 8.15. At the next two observations 

 there were faint traces over the southern horizon. At 11.15 a zone of broad bands crossed from 

 ESE. to WNW., white and quiet (brightness 1), covering most of the sky from Bootes in the S. 

 to Cassiopeia in the N. This remained essentially unchanged at the next observation, except that 

 the bands were narrower and more clearly denned. At 1 p. in. a band (brightness to 1) ran from 

 the NW. in Gemini to the E. iu Sagitta, through Auriga, Perseus, Triangnlum, and Andromeda, 

 and there were faint streamers in Cassiopeia. At 1.17 traces were still visible passing through 

 Cassiopeia, but were wholly gone at 1.25. There was a slight disturbance of the magnets, affect- 

 ing almost wholly the horizontal force, and reaching its maximum about. 7 a. in. 



January 20, 1883, 2 a. m. to 1.17 p. m. Arched traces began the aurora lying low in the NE. 

 at 2 a. m. At 3 there was a broad, hazy, and indistinct zone (brightness to 1), which was bright- 

 est in the NW. and on the eastern edge. The starting-points were near the horizon, ESE. in Leo, 

 and NNW. in Aquila. The western edge ran through Leo, Lynx, Camelopardalis, Cassiopeia, 

 ( Vpheus, Cygnus, and Vulpccula, and the eastern through Coma Berenices, Bootes, Corona Borealis, 

 and Lyra. At 3.15 it had spread a little further west, hazy and indefinite. At 4 there was a rather 

 narrow, regular arched band in the NK. from NNW. in Delphinus to the ESE. in Virgo, through 

 Cygnus, Lyra (a Lyne), Corona Borealis, Bootes (a Bootis), and Coma Berenices (brightness 1 ), with 

 two or three incomplete bands below it. This had changed at 4.15 into two broader and more 

 irregular bands, starting from the same points, but reaching a greater altitude, through Cygnus, 

 Lyra. Draco, Bootes, Canes Venatici, and Coma Berenices (brightness 1 to 2). At 5 a quiet bairl. 

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