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(7.) To the North and East of these stations the clouds and rain pre- 
vented observation almost entirely. Rev. H. S. Osborn, at Belvidere, N.J., 
saw three. Homer G. Newton, M.D., and Mr. T, W. Twining, at Brook- 
lyn, saw six. At New Haven, Prof. W. D. Whitney, A. W. Wright, 
Ph.D., J. W. Gibbs, and Mr. Hewitt, with a large party of students, were 
watching and saw only 32 from 944 p.m. to 145 a.m, The air was very 
hazy, and after half past one the sky was entirely covered. The paths 
traced after eleven o’clock indicate a radiation from Leo. 
Noy. 11th. Nov. 12th. Nov. 13th. Nov. 14th. 
From 35 45™ to 4h 45m, 9-12 3 10 30 
2 1 12 19 
Hourly average, 85 2°7 11 245 
On the first morning the sky within 25° or 30° of the horizon was ob- 
scured by the haze. The star ¢ Urse Minoris was clearly visible. On 
thick on the fourth morning. On the morning of Nov. 15th it rained. — 
(10.) Mr. Francis Bradley, of Chicago, Ill. says that “on the night of 
Nov. 12-13th it was cloudy until midnight, and our company of observers 
