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7th, 8.00 Clear overhead with haze near the horizon; no 

 aurora. 

 8.30 A faint nebulous auroral patch to the W.S.W. 

 16.00 A faint aurora to the N. No further recurrence by 

 midnight. 

 8th, 2.00 \ An auroral band X. of and over Mount 

 4.00 J Erebus. 



6.00 Scattered patches of aurora. 



8.00 A very bright band along the Ross Island highlands. 

 9.00 No aurora in the sky. During the morning the con- 

 ditions remained most favourable for observing 

 the aurora, but none appeared till 14.00. 

 14.00 Faint aurora in the S.W. heavens. 

 14.30 A typical luminous-edged cloud (definitely auroral) 

 commenced slowly developing in the E.S.E., 

 advancing from the direction of the barrier on to 

 Mount Erebus; this totally disappeared by 16.30. 

 22.00 The aurora had been absent till now. A faint gauzy 

 auroral arc stretched from Mount Erebus to the 

 S.W. This later on became brighter at intervals. 

 24.00 A faint aurora in the S.E. 

 9th, 2.00 A bright band stretched across the zenith in an E. 

 and W. direction. 

 4.00 Aurora reported in several quarters of the heavens. 

 8.00 A nebulous aurora near the horizon from E. to S. 

 11.30 Faint auroral phenomena visible in the sky until now. 



Very thick weather later. 

 20.00 Between 20.00 and 20.15 an auroral band shone 

 through the clouds in the zenith. It was dull and 

 ill-defined, but quite distinct, appearing to trend 

 in a N. and S. direction. 

 Dense weather. 



Stratus and altostratus clouds in the S. and S.E. 

 exhibited luminous upper edges due to aurora. 



A faint poorly-developed curtain in the zenith. 



A faint nebula 45° up in the S.E. During the after- 

 noon and evening the moon obtained considerable 

 power, but moderately strong aurorae could not 

 fail to be seen. None were observed. 



Aurora in the E. 



A display over Cape Bird. 



Display over Mount Erebus. 



Aurora bright in the zenith. 



Aurora in the N.E. 



Auroral display N. of the zenith. 



Observed to the N.W. of the zenith. 



Faint traces only remained and shortly disappeared. 



The displays observed this day were mostly of 



draped-curtain variety, and, on account of the 



bright moonlight, must have been unusually 



brilliant. 



13th, Sky more or less obscured. 



14th, 9.00 A nebulous patch directly above the smoke of Mount 

 Erebus. This soon altered shape and developed 

 into a long streamer passing downwards from the 

 sky to the S. of Mount Erebus. 



llt-h] 2.00 



4.00\ 



6.00 j 



11.30 



12th, 2.00 



2.30 



3.30 



3.45 



4.00 



6.00 



8.00 



9.00 



