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20. Observations at Auburn, California, (lat. 38° 53’, long. 121° 2’), 
Yy Gorpon. 
Sept. Ist, from 94 P.M. until daylight we had a most magnifi- 
cent display of aurora, in which the whole sky north, south, east 
and west was almost all the night glowing with ruddy light. 
The northern point near the horizon where the aurora com- 
menced continued rather dark. 
21. Observations at St. Louis, Missouri, (lat. 38° 37’, long. 90° 15’), 
by 
Sept. 2d, at 8"20™ p.m. the aurora exhibited a white hazy 
light 15° above the northern horizon. Soon long white streaks 
appeared alternately on the right and left to 45° above the hori- 
zon, and a light red tint was sometimes visible. At 8'30™ the 
aurora disappeared. At 920™ P.M. it again threw out several 
white streaks to about 60° above the northern horizon. Pres- 
At 9"27™ a few short 
after nothing remained but white diffused light. 
22. Observations at Moneka, Kansas, (lat. 38° 30’, long. 98°), by | 
L. Cerest1a WATTLEs. 
Sept. 2d, an aurora appeared from 1 to 3 A.M. On the same 
night about 10 P.M. a light appeared in the S.E. like the coe 
of the moon. It grew redder and more brilliant as it extende 
Up the sky until it reached the zenith. It now shot out to the 
Westward, streaming continually across the sky to the horizon. 
It did not wholly disappear until the morning dawn. 
23, Observations at New Albany, Indiana, (lat. 38° 17’, long. 85° 45’), 
by AtexanpER Marvin 
Sept. 2d, at 1 30™ a. a. a broad beam of crimson light exten- 
ded up from the eastern horizon an 
Considerably south of the zenith. Beauti 
all around the north to the Pe of 
it, streamers concentrated in the point above mentioned. The 
ea) ogee from 1" 50" 2 -M. 
E Bop nati empire of white and pale red light 
t. 3 ) a 
shot a the horizon half way to the zenith, At 9 P.M. only a 
Srey light in the north. 
