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5th, 12.00 A fragment of a curtain was observed trending W. 

 of N. 



15.30 A faint auroral blush noted in the W. about 30° above 

 the horizon. This soon faded. At the same time 

 a couple of patches seen to the S.W. 



lb. 20 An auroral nebula again appeared in the same posi- 

 tion to the W. 



16.30 Nebulous masses were distributed in the sky and 

 fainter blushes appeared in the W. 



17.15 Auroral conditions sensibly the same, though brighter 

 generally. 



18.00 Strongly-defined nebulous patches in the sky, also a 

 band trended over the zenith from the W.N.W. to 

 the S. side of Mount Erebus, where it curved 

 away from the Mount in a southerly direction. 

 The excitation travelled from Mount Erebus to the 

 N.W. 



19.00 Very little aurora remained ; nebulous patches. 



19.45 A faint band crossed the zenith from the W. and 

 then curved N. of Mount Erebus. This occupied 

 the identical position of the brilliant excitation 

 seen the evening before. Much nebulous aurora 

 seen on the north flank of Mount Erebus; this 

 nebulous aurora travelled slowly in a general 

 northerly direction, varying the while in lumin- 

 osity, and finally contracting its noticeably 

 luminous part to the Ross Island area. 



21.45 The last blush of the above disappeared, after hang- 

 ing over Cape Bird. Two faint nebulous masses, 

 low down in the S. by AY. commenced to extend 

 as arcs parallel to the former; that is, S.W. by W. 



22.00 Only a trace of the aurora remained. A haze began 

 to settle, and was observed to a height of about 

 15° above the horizon. Ice crystals formed on the 

 spectroscopic camera . 



24.00 The haze showed a pinkish glow. 

 6th. Between 9.00 and 11.00, though the Milky Way was 



visible in the heavens, no aurora was noted. A 

 fairly strong haze, as seen last evening. 



24.00 An arc crossed the sky near the zenith, trending in 

 a S.S.W. direction; it was nebulous and ill- 

 defined. Part spread slowly dowmvards in the 

 N.N.E., covering a wide horizontal area. This 

 must have been very close, because Mount Erebus 

 at the same time was quite indiscernible. As we 

 watched the luminescence appeared to come almost 

 to the ground on the highlands of « Ross Island 

 some seven or eight miles away. This had the 

 appearance of the luminous fog, and further 

 resembled the luminous clouds noted occasionally. 

 7th, 00.30 The curtains noted at midnight were still visible. 



2.00 Again still visible, but trending in a general N. and 



S. direction. 

 4.00 The curtain had broken up, and was represented by 

 nebulous patches scattered in the heavens to the 

 N. and in the S.W. 

 6.00 A haze was developed sufficient to obscure faint 

 effects : through it a faint aurora was seen to the 

 W. 



