352 Prof. E. Loomis on the Aurora of 1859. 
10. Observations at Riley, Illinois, (lat. 42° 11’, long. 88° 33’), by 
E. Bascock. 
Sept. Ist, 11 P.M. aurora displaying beautiful red and white 
streamers covering all the northern half of the heavens. At 
midnight the whole north was covered with beautiful streamers 
of varied colors. At 12°15™ A. M., streamers shot up from the 
north ; the whole moved south and rested about 20° above the 
southern horizon, at which time a dark belt appeared under the 
white. Immediately streamers shot up from all around the hori- 
zon centering near the zenith. The deep red prevailed at S.E. 
and N.W. In less than two minutes, the whole became a broken 
mass, and the streamers disappeared. The dark belt still rested 
pen the southern horizon, and the light continued all over the 
eavens. 
11. Observations at Davenport, Iowa, (lat. 41° 30’, long. 90° 88’), by 
H. J. Fintey 
Sept. 2d, 8 p.m. aurora in brilliant reddish parallel rays run- 
ning east and west about 45° above the northern horizon. Co- 
rona pale and but few rays. 
12. Observations at Camp, No. 33, Nebraska, (lat. 42°, long. 109° 50’) 
by Capt. J. H. Smesoy. 
Sept. Ist, at 11 p.m. about two thirds of the whole southern 
heavens appeared one sheet of beautiful roseate light. For a 
while, the light continued in a state of repose ; the most concen 
trated portion forming a limiting belt on its northern side, an 
extending from a point on the horizon about 10° north of east, 
across the heavens to a point on the horizon about due west. 
From this belt, the light with its roseate hue was diffused south- 
wardly all over the heavens down to the arc of a circle whose 
plane was inclined to the horizon about 10°. At length the light 
assumed a more intense form and shot up in whitish corusca; 
tions to the apex of the illuminated portion which was about 20 
south of the zenith. My assistant observed this aurora at 10 P.M, 
and as it disappeared about midnight it must have lasted about 
two hours. ; 
13. Observations at Great Salt Lake City, Utah, (lat. 40° 45’, long: 
111° 26’), by W. W. Puetps. 
while the northern hemisphere glowed with yellow and green. 
I continued my observations till past 2 A.M. 
