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the latter. In a -few minutes the streamer char- 

 acter was lost and a nebulous hand, remaining 

 fairly stationary, took its place. This aurora was 

 low on the horizon and appeared along a cloud 

 edge; where the cloud faded the aurora decreased 

 in intensity. 



23.30 The edge of clouds to the S. and E. now brightened 



up, and streamers ascended from them. 



31st, 00.15 A definite auroral glow on the horizon clouds from 



E.N.E. to S. Aurora apparently absent most of 



the early morning. 



0.00 A disconnected curtain from S.E. to N.E., fairly low 



down. Excitation travelling to the X. 

 7.30 A glow near the S. horizon,. 



8.30 A curtain, about 9° up, just S. of Mount Erebus. 

 Thick drift during the day, clearing a little after 

 4 p.m. 



16.30 Two faint auroral screamers over the horizon to the 

 N.E. 



18.30 A glow on a cloud just S. of Mount Erebus. 



20.00 Drift now thicker, and continued so. 



August. 



2nd, 00.30 Aurora almost absent, onlv a faint streamer 30° up 

 in the N.E. 



00. 4o A long thin band traversed the sky somewhat E. of 

 the zenith, extending from S. to X., with a 

 westerly turn at the X". end. 

 l.lo Only the faintest trace of aurora in the form of 



several faint beams 40° up in the S.E. 

 2.00 A (single very faint streamer 30° up in the S. 

 2.30 Two faint auroral curtains, trending X'. and S. ; one 



crossing the zenith, the other a little to the E. 

 4.00 A faint trace of a curtain about 30° up to the E.. 



extending in a general X. and S. direction. 

 6.00 Nothing showing. 



20.00 A faint auroral glow behind Mount Erebus. 



21.30 A thin curtain stretched across the zenith in a 

 E.X.E. direction. 



22.00 The same curtain persisted. 



22.30 An auroral glow in the E.S.E., developing into a 

 faint curtain, travelling to the N.W. A remnant 

 of a curtain to the N.W. A streamer about 15° 

 up to the E.X T .E. 



23.00 Two parallel curtains close together crossed the 

 zenith with a N.N.E. trend. They were strongest 

 in the S.S.W., and were bowed slightlv concave 

 to the S. Body-travel to W.N.W. A third 

 parallel curtain rose over horizon from E.S.E. 



23.30 A curtain 20° up in N.N.W., trending about X.E. : 

 the curtain composed of isolated high streamers. 



24.00 Two faint curtains, trending N.N.E. ; one crossing 

 the zenith, the other 4o° up in the X'. Only the 

 horizon ends were represented. The greatest inten- 

 sity of aurora this evening was between 22.30 and 

 234 X). 

 3rd. 22.00 Xo aurora reported. Skv obscured until 22.00. 



24.00 Aurora in E.S.E. 



