one large ray attained an altitude of about ; ree 
_ Streamers moved toward the west. At 92 15™ a long WP 
_ cloud-like arc spanned the heavens from east to west, es oo: 
to the  eagon of ¢ Pegasi, ; Delphini, 7 Sagitte and « Op iucht. 
14th, fro 
390 W. S. Gilman on Auroras in Maine. 
[To be continued. } 
Art. XLI.—Observations of the Auroras of Sept. 5th and 15th, 
1868, at Mt. Desert Island, Maine (lat. 44° 20’ N., long. 
68° 15’ W.); by W. 8. Giumay, Jr. We ; 
On the evening of Sept. 5th, 1868, there was a fine aurora 
here. At 8 p.m. streamers shot up in the north and NNEj 
°. These ; 
ear the meridian its breadth was about a degree, and it W. @ 
broken into short parallel bands of light. cae 
At 94 30™ the are of light was more to the south, bordering : 
on the Dolphin and Arrow. At 10% 30™ aurora faintly visibl a 
under Polaris, po 
On the evening of Sept. 15th, from 7» until 11 30, thew 
was a remarkably fine die 
N.N.E. not unlike those proceeding from a very regular 
aurora, T 
