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splendour. Thus it contiuued until about one, a. m., of the 8th, 

 when the whole began to subside towards the north, forming an 

 arch, which extended from east to west about fifteen degrees above 

 the northern horizon. The arch was depressed at the centre, and 

 luminous streamers occasionally shot up from it, till it entirely dis- 

 appeared soon afterwards. The weather of the preceding week 

 had been calm and fair, with the exception of the squall on the 

 same evening, and two days on which there had been rain and fog. 

 The atmospheric pressure was 29°. 73 ; the temperature 45°. Two 

 days afterwards stormy southerly weather prevailed, which I have 

 often observed to follow the appearance of Aurora Borealis. I 

 have been led to notice this phenomenon more particularly from 

 having read in the Proceedings of the British Meteorological 

 Society of November, 1864, an interesting description, by F. 

 Abbott, Esq., of a rich and rare Aurora Australis he had observed 

 at Hobart Town, on the evening of the 8th June, 1864. The 

 occurrence of tAvo such unusual appearances, at nearly the same 

 time, in the northern and southern hemispheres, and then- resem- 

 blance to each other in some of their features, struck me as beino- 

 very remarkable. 



On the 22nd of April a fine Parhelion was visible between five 

 and six o'clock, p. m. 



At midnight, 24th June, a bright stream of light was observed 

 to rise vertically from the eastern horizon, gradually spreading out 

 in its progress upwards, like the vast tail of a comet ; a similar 

 appearance occurred on the 27th September, at 7 p. m. 



The following periodic phenomena will not probably be un- 

 interesting : — 



Jamiary — 16th, smelts taken in Porter's Lake full of spawn. 



February — 7th, black and white birch bear catkins owing to 

 the very mild weather ; red maple and currant bushes in bud ; 

 8th, moose bush buds burstuig into leaf. 



March — 3rd, migratory thrush seen; 5th, a silver thaw; 8th, 

 gnats and small flies appear in houses; 10th, blue jays seen; 11th, 

 wild geese gomg north, and pine grosbeak about ; 21st, migratory 

 thrushes in fields; 31st, Mayflower plucked near North West Arm. 



April — 1st, song sparrow and blue bird seen; 2nd, white 

 throated sparrow fii'st heard; 5th, North West Arm frozen over 

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