350 Prof. E. Loomis on the Aurora of 1859. 
color; the portion on the eastern extremity was flashing rather 
than streaked ; that on the west was of a reddish flame color. 
The bands were about two degrees wide reaching from the hori- 
zon to the zenith. The central portion of each .band being 
brightest, diminishing to a slight light on the edges. Fe, first 
appearance was at da rk, and it was still bright at 10 P 
Sept. 3d, the Aurora was repeated, but much less brilliant and 
and only : about 45° elevation with a dark gr beneath about 20° 
above the horizon. Disappeared before 9 P. 
4. Observations at Gardiner, Maine, (lat. 44° me long. 69° 46’), by 
> R. * 
Sept. 1st, brilliant aurora over dark arch. 
Sept. 2d, very remarkable aurora. Colored streamers yo 
constant, and very brilliant flashes of light at north and eas 
and reaching south of zenith. At 94 P.M. two very built 
arches at the’ north, one about 12° the other about 25° above the 
horizon, the upper one being extremely bright; the sky between — 
them and below the lowest, ‘being of a dark pur 
Sept. 3d, very brilliant aurora with colored streamers in all 
parts of the sky. 
5. Observations at Ogdensburg, New York, (lat. 44° 43/, long. 7 75’ 26°), 
by W. E. Guest. 
Sept. 2d, at 1 “1 M.a splendid aurora. The light continued 
for nearly two hon 
Sept. 2d, 94 p. oe oe few faint streamers shot up in the east 
and at the same time there was a faint rose colored light in the 
west, when all at once there commenced on every side a display 
of waves of auroral light. It was an undulating motion com- 
mencing near the horizon, and waving up gradually toward the 
zenith. In ten or fifteen minutes it had reached the zenith, and 
a corona was formed, its rays of different lengths pointing down- 
ward, It disappeared almost as rapidly as it came on, and & 
faint light was 6p on all sides. A few minutes before aD a 
large arch was formed, one extremity resting in the east, and 
the tier in ae N.W. Its base was dark, yet the stars 
were glittering through its whole length. The ‘arch was some- 
what irregular i in form in the N.W. It rose gradually until a 
faint double arch was formed. The streamers were quite sta 
tionary, without any motion from right to left. In less than an 
hour it had lost its form, and the light was diffused throughout 
the glittering dome. There was some light continued throug 
the night 
6. Observations at Salem, Oregon, (lat. 44° 58’, long. 123° 4’), from 
tate. n, 
Sept. 1st, about 8 p.m. a fuint radiance was observed shooting 
up from the northern horizon, and gradually the whole heaven 
