Miscellaneous Intelligence. 285 
a Iv. MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
__1. Observations on the Zodiacal Light; by Rev. Georcr J onEs, U.S.N, 
-1856.)—You are, perhaps, aware that I am s ending at this place the 
‘im. i ery after a long ‘cruise ; 
and that I am continuing here a series of observations on the Zodiacal 
Light, commenced in the seas of China and Japan. 
The advantages of this place are very great. Ist. I have the ecliptic 
vertical to me, at some one hour, every night in the year. 2dly. The 
ecliptic can never, at the farthest, make an angle of less than 66° with 
my horizon; and therefore the Zodiacal Light must always present itself 
favorably for observation. 3dly. The transparent atmosphere of this 
elevated plateau allows me to see objects in the sky with a wonderful 
egree of distinctness. Hence the distinctive features in every change 
of the Zodiacal Light can be marked, here, with an exactness that I 
never witnessed before. 
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: has noticed it more fully in Germany. T also had glimpses 
it in my late cruise in the Eastern seas. Here, however, it is devel- 
emarkable degree of distinctness, and I am giving it par- 
