422 EXPEDITION TO POINT BABBOW, ALASKA.. 



January 29 and 30, 1883, 11.15 j>. in. to 1 p. m. There, was :i Taint streak along the horizon in 

 the XE. at 11.15jwhieh developed into an ill-defined arch of pale streamers, and had subsided to 

 a faint glow at 12.15 a. in. At 1 and - faint traces only were visible, and absolutely no aurora was 

 visible at 3. At 4, however, there was a well marked. raUicr narrow /one (brightness 1), with its 

 starting points KSK. in Leo and NX W. in Pegasus, occupying part of Leo IT. ", and 0), Coma Bere- 

 nices, and Canes Venatici, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Cepheus. Draco, Lacerta. the top of Cygnu.s 

 (not inclosing B), and Andromeda, with an outlying band through Cassiopeia. At 1.15 tbc start- 

 ing points were nearly the same, but the aurora had drifted westward so as to occupy Pegasus, 

 Andromeda. Perseus. Cassiopeia, Auriga, Camelopardalis, Lynx. Leo .Minor, and Leo, where it was 

 brighter ; 1 to 2) and much convoluted. This was essentially unchanged at 5.15. At 0.15 a quiet 

 band (brightness 1 to 2) ran from Pegasus through Cygmis, Lyra. Hercules. Corona Borealis, and 

 Bootes to Coma Berenices. At 7.15 a quiet band (brightness 1 ) ran from Cancer through Gemini, 

 Auriga, Taurus, and Pisces. At 8.15 there were merely traces near the hori/on in the X. At 

 9.10 bands (bright ness 1) ran through Cassiopeia. Perseus. Cygnus, and Lyra'. At 10.10 a band 

 (brightness 2) ran through Ursa Minor. Ursa Major. Auriga, Bootes, Coma Uen-niecs, Leo Minor, 

 Gemini. Cepheus. Hercules, and Corona Borealis. At 11.15 a bright band (brightness 4) ran 

 through Ursa Major, Bootes. Gemini, Auriga, Cassiopeia. Cygnus. Draco, and Lyra. At 12.10 

 ]>. in. there were traces in the XW. and X. at an altitude of 20- and 5i:', and the last faint traces 

 were seen in Lyra and in the S. at 1 p. in. The magnetic needles were unusually quiet all night. 



January .">!, 1883, 1 a. in. to 10.10 a. m. Faint glimmers of aurora were observed in the XH. 

 early in the evening, but there was no definite aurora till 1 a, m.. when there were two broad bands of 

 somewhat indefinite curtains (brightness 1) across the eastern sky. with slight waving motion run- 

 ning from Leo in the ESE. to Vulpecula (<r) in the XXAY., through Leo. Lynx. Ursa Major. Urs;> 

 Minor, Draco. Lyra, and Cygnns. These had changed at 1. 15 into a broad band from the same 

 starting points, running through Cancer, Gemini. Auriga. Canu-iopardalis. Cepheus, and Cygnus 

 (brightness 1 to 2). It was brightest (brightness 2) in the NX\V.. and towards the KSE. was 

 split longitudinally in two, and very sinuous near the horizon. At 2 a. in. a broad band (bright- 

 ness 2 to '>). somewhat inclined to split lengthwise, and sinuous near the horizon, swept waving 

 slightly from the XW. to the E. by S., occupying Pegasus, Andromeda. Lacerta, Cygnus. Cepheits, 

 Draco, Lyra. Ursa Major, Leo Minor, and Leo. At 2.15 a broad band swept round from XW. 

 to EXE., about 35" above the horizon, from Pegasus, through Andromeda. Perseus. Auriga, Gemini, 

 Leo, Leo Minor, Ursa Major and Canes Yenatici into Draco: there joining three spiral bands, 

 making a sort of vortex between Draco and the zenith (brightness 2 to ."'. The magnets \vere 

 somewhat disturbed, especially the declination magnet, the eastern declination increasing about 

 1. At -> a. in. the 8K. sky from near <i Hydra- to near n Bootis was filled with exceedingly 

 sinuous broad bands (brightness 1 to 2), reaching nearly to the zciiith. the most southern being 

 continued in the, form of a narrow zone through Cancer. Gemini. Taurus, Aries. Tiiangnlnm, and 

 Pegasus, ending in the NW. At 3.15 the bands were less sinuous and longer and the zone nar- 

 rower and brighter (2 to 3). At -i there was a very broad /one across the zenith f brightness 1 to 

 2). The starting points were between ESE.and E. by S. in Crater and Hydra, and NYV. in I Vga.su s. 

 Th:.' western edge ran through Virgo. Bootes (n). Corona Borealis. Lyra, and Cygnns, and the 

 western through Hydra. Canis Minor, Orion. Taurus. Aries, and Pegasus. At 1.15 the zone was 

 fading and breaking up. except the eastern edge, which had narrowed into a band (brightness 3) 

 faintly tinged with rose on the lower edge, above which in the XK. was developing a row of imper- 

 fect curtains. At 5.15 four quiet yellowish bands started from Pegasus X\Y. (brightness 1 to 

 running as follows: The first, north of the zenith, through Laeerta. Cygnns, Draco, and Canes 

 Venatici, ending in Virgo: the second, through Cassiopeia, Cephetis. I'isa Minor. I'rsa Major to 

 Virgo; tin- third, south of the zenith through Andromeda. Perseus. Auriga, and Lynx to Leo; 

 and the fourth, through Aries, Taurus. Orion, and Canis Minor to Hydra. At (i.15 there was a 

 zone running W. and K. (brightness 2 to 3i, with the northern edge waving slowly. The starting 

 points were in Aries and Bodies. The southern edge ran through Tamils, Gemini, Leo. and Coma 

 Berenices, and the northern through Pisces, Andromeda. Cygnns, Lyra, and Corona Uoiealis. At 

 7.15 the zone had essentially the same position and form, but had faded (bi ightness to 1 i. Taint 



