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28th, 1.45 A fairly bright curtain, slightly bowed towards 

 Mount Erebus, trending more or less N. and S., 

 extending from 5° above the N. horizon to 20° 

 above the S. horizon, and passing Cape Royds 

 4-5° up in the E. The display was very steady, 

 and consisted of nebulous - blurred streamers 

 separated by dark areas. 

 2.00 The above curtain now trending N.N.W. 

 1(5.30 A curtain, trending approximately E. and YV\, ex- 

 tending from 4-5° up in the S.E. to half-way across 

 the sky. This display was very steady. 

 19.4-5 A very faint curtain visible in approximately the 



same location as that just referred to. 

 20.30 Two parallel curtains, one about the same position 



as that of 16.30, the other further to the S. 

 21.30 A bright nebulous aurora in the form of a band 10° 

 up in the S. to E. horizon. After this the aurora 

 died away. 

 29th. Auroral curtains continuously seen throughout the 



early morning hours. 

 00.45 Two curtains in the S.E. and a clow in the S. sky 

 10° up. 

 2.00 Curtains, chiefly in the E.S.E. and S., very brilliant. 

 2.1o Five concentric curtains with very long streamers 

 trending from the S.E. to the zenith, then to the 

 X. ; these occupied the sky between the zenith 

 and Mount Erebus. In the zenith they were par- 

 ticularly bright. After about 5 minutes the 

 luminescence in the curtain crossing the zenith 

 concentrated overhead, and as the curtain faded 

 nebulous masses were left there. Body-travel was 

 not noticeable. 

 3.00 A curtain crossed the zenith moving to the S. 



rapidly. 

 4.00 Curtains, chiefly in the X.E. and S., very brilliant. 

 6.00 Fragments of curtains scattered over the zenith and 



E. sky. 

 8.00 Aurora, chiefly in the S.E. 

 30th. Aurora appeared to have been almost absent during 



the early morning hours. 

 3.00 A faint curtain in the S.E. to X. near the horizon. 

 The early evening was hazy, but a strong aurora 

 would have been easily visible in the greater part 

 of the sky. 

 21.30 Xo aurora. 



22.00 A fairly strong auroral glow with traces of streamers 

 rising from a long cloud down the Sound, appar- 

 ently connected with the cloud. 

 22.45 A slight luminosity on the cloud over the Sound. 

 A strong glow from the top of a cloud 6° above 

 the horizon to the E.S.E. 

 23.00 A glow along the X". and S. flank of Mount Erebus. 

 A couple of faint streamers rising from the X.E. 

 horizon. 

 23 15 A faint luminous edge on clouds to the S. and E. 

 X. of Mount Erebus a streamer-curtain ran from 

 X. to S. from the vicinity of Cape Bird to Mount 

 Erebus, also a faint curved portion to the W. of 



