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to 2) from Andromeda through Cassiopeia. Cyguns, Lyra, and Draco to Canes Venatici, and 

 another waving band from Cygnns through Lyra. Hercules, Corona Horealis, and Iloiites to Leo. 

 This had subsided to traces in the. E., S., and W. at the next hour. \Yaving bands (brightness 

 to 1) stretched through Aries, Taurus, (iemini, Auriga, I'rsa .Major, Leo Minor, Leo, and Cancer, 

 at t> to 9.20. At 10.17 there were faint traces near the southern horizon and pale streamers in the 

 E., and the last traces were seen about 10.40 fading in the dawn. Yesterday's magnetic- disturb- 

 ance continued with uninterrupted violence. 



March 1 and 2, 1883, 11.45 p. m. to 11.17 a. m. The aurora appeared to be fully developed as 

 soon as it grew dark, and was probably a continuation of yesterday's aurora. It first appeared as 

 two streaming bands, starting near the horizon (southeast) and reaching nearly to the zenith. At 

 12 midnight two parallel bands of curtains crossed the zenith from SE. to NW. At 12.15 tlicx- 

 were reduced to bunches of faint streamers in the SE. and NYV., which soon rose and developed 

 into curtains across the zenith. At 1 a. m. there was a narrow band of waving curtains (bright- 

 ness 1), starting in Virgo, E. by S., running through the sickle of Leo and doubling back through 

 Leo Minor, Ursa- Major (a and ft), Draco and Cygnus (a), with hazy bauds spreading from Pegasus 

 up through Cassiopeia to the zenith. At 1.15 to 1.20 these had developed into a broad shifting 

 zone, edged with curtains (brightness 2 to 3), starting ESE. in Leo and N"W. in Pegasus ; in 

 breadtli extending from <r Aurigte to ft Ursic Majoris. At 2 a. m., rising from the same starting 

 points, bands (brightness 1) and curtains (brightness 2) covered the whole sky from the eastern 

 horizon to Auriga. The whole was constantly shifting, and brightest near the zenith, where it 

 formed a sort of elliptical corona. At 2.20 this was reduced to one main baud in the NE. from 

 Pegasus NW. to Virgo ESE. through Cygnus (), Lyra (a), Corona Borealis and Bootes (a), and 

 indefinite (0 to 1) bauds spreading up from each end towards the zenith. The band soon devel- 

 oped into three, the middle the brightest, and colored especially with a pink approaching salmon 

 color. It was in rapid lateral motion from the N"\Y. and all was changing rapidly. At 3 a. in. it 

 was reduced to a few bands low in the NE. At 3.15 to 3.20 there was a band of curtains, making 

 a loop in the NW., coming up from Pisces through Andromeda, Cyguus and Lyra, with other 

 indistinct bands in the E. The loop rose and became a twisted band across the zenith, with tinges 

 of the usual colors. At 4 a. in. most of the sky was covered with streaks (brightness 1 to 2) and 

 broad hazy bands radiating from near the horizon in the NW. and SK. At 4.15 there was a. 

 diverging sheaf of bands in the N\V. in Pisces, Triangnluni and Taurus, and a broad band along 

 the northern horizon to a Lyra; and then sweeping up almost in a circle through Draco, I'rsa 

 Minor, Leo Minor, and Leo to Virgo in the E. by S. and drifting rapidly westward (brightness 1 

 to 2). At 3 to 3.20 there were two bands (brightness 2 to 3), the upper quiet and the lower with 

 streamers vibrating rapidly from W. to E., changing color from rose to yellow and green, running 

 from Taurus through Orion, Canis Minor, Gemini, Cancer, Leo Minor, Leo, Coma Berenices and 

 Bootes to Virgo, from XW. to SE. At G to C.20 there were two quiet bands (brightness to 1), 

 one from Serpens through Bootes, Coma Berenices, Leo, Cancer, Auriga, Taurus, and Aries, and 

 the other from Andromeda through Cyguus and Hercules, with detached patches in Canes Ve 

 uatici, Ursa Major and Camelopardalis. Traces only were, observed at the next two hours. At 9.1 7 

 there was an extensive zone (brightness to 1), running V.. and W., about 50 broad, drifting slowly 

 southward, with an irregular band near the S\Y. horizon from W. to SSW., and quiet streamers 

 (brightness to 1) in Auriga, Perseus, Triaugulum, Andromeda, Pegasus and Vulpecula. Traces 

 only were seen at the next two observations in the SW. and N. at 10.17, and in the form of a 

 shifting corona, fading in the dawn at 11.17. The magnetic disturbance still continued. 



Mtnrlt '2 <nid 3, 18S3, 1 1. IT) /;. HI. /<> 10.17 . m. The twilight was so bright that only the largest 

 .stars were visible when the aurora was first seen. It began with streamers in the SI-'., which soon 

 developed into a twisted band across the zenith. At 12.15 the waving band was in the same posi- 

 tion (brightness :. to 3), yellowish green in color and tinged with rose, and soon broke into four 

 bands, extending 40 each side of the zenith. At 1 a. m. a moderately wide zone (brightness 1 to 2) 

 crossed the, zenith, starling KSK. in Leo and XYV. in Pegasus, extending in width from it Auriga* 

 to <t I'rsa- Majoris, while two outlying hands from the same starting points (brightness 2) ran 

 through Canes Veiiatici. I'rsa Major (//j, Corona Horealis, Bootes, Draco. Lyra, and Cygnus. The 

 whole was n.ii rower and fading r.t 1. 15 to 1.20. It was brightest near the stalling points and 



