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(itli. 21.00 Long faint streamers bearing down on the N.N.E. 

 horizon. 



22.15 A faint though definite and well-defined curtain 

 trending E. by X. across the sky from a point just 

 S. of the zenith. It was composed of isolated 

 streamers which slowly drifted to the E. 



22.30 A faint amoral hand across the heavens in the S.W. 

 ni) to a height of 45°; trend, W.S.AY. 



23.1-5 A faint curtain extended across the sky in the zenith 

 trending X. by E. There was a streamer also near 

 the X.X.AY. horizon. 

 7th. 2.00 A brilliant curtain developed overhead in the form of 

 an almost complete circle. Coming from the S.E.,. 

 this crossed the sky just E. of the zenith, then 

 swung round by the X. end of Ross Island and 

 crossed round the E. side of Mount Erebus. The 

 E. side lasted longest, about 8 minutes. As this 

 circular curtain faded it appeared to increase its. 

 diameter. A long wisp of stratus cloud extended 

 from the summit of Mount Erebus along the Ross 

 Island highlands. Streamers descended on to this, 

 but did not show nearer the horizon. Fainter 

 streamers descended to a thin cloud to the S. of 

 Mount Erebus. 

 4.00 The S.E. to X. by W. sky contained abundant scat- 

 tered faint streamers, evidently parts of faint 

 curtains. 



12.30 | An extremely brilliant curtain aurora. This display 



13.00/ was mainly in the form of a long bow extending 

 across the eastern sky from the horizon at Cape 

 Barne to the horizon at Cape Bird; the bow was 

 definitely curved to the W. Streamers were not 

 defined. A second parallel arc, very shortly after 

 the appearance of the first, developed nearer the 

 eastern horizon. This second arc commenced from 

 a luminous point on the E.S.E. horizon and 

 developed to the X. A body-travel appeared to 

 carry the arcs to the X.X.W. The colour differed 

 somewhat from that usually seen in a dark sky. in 

 that the upper portion appeared a faint reddish- 

 green. At this time the moon appeared near the 

 horizon, just to the X. of Mount Erebus. 



13.45 An auroral arc, convex to the W., generally similar 

 to the above, stretching from the horizon at Mount 

 Erebus to the N.N.W. horizon. The moon above 

 the horizon nearly in the centre of the display. 

 Colour appeared pale, as is usually noted when sky 

 illuminated by daylight. 



14.05 Sky very clear, no aurora visible. 



14.40 An auroral display noted from S.E. to E. by X. 

 Two nebulous arcs, one above the other, at a 

 height of about 12° above the horizon, extending 

 from just to the X. of Mount Erebus to the horizon 

 at Cape Barne. Isolated streamers rose from 

 these at intervals. An important feature was a 

 faint streamer directly above Mount Erebus, which 

 gradually broadened until, in a few minutes, the 



