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8. Observations at Lunenburg, Mass. (lat. 42° 35’), by Prof. 
WILLIAM B. Rocers. 
The aurora of Aug. 28th has rarely been equalled in this lati- 
tude, and the meteor was repeated with more or less splendor 
for the eight following nights. The displays of Sept. 1st and 2d 
_ Were scarcely inferior in beauty to that of the 28th, while that 
_ of Sept. 2d, in some of its features, was the most interesting of 
them all. 
opaque, and had moulded itself into a symmetrical arch, bounded 
bya broad luminous band 
and 
the magnetic pole. Over the glowing stripes of this marvellous 
‘faint auroral arch low down in the north, accompanied by a 
e 
_ fv dim streamers 
A € aurora recurred in great splendor between 1 and 2 A. M., 
ghee when the crimson color was particularly remarkable, 
3! 30" A. M. there was a fine auroral arch in the north, with 
Se array of streamers rising from it. : ; 
ol Pt. 2d, a clear sunset was followed by a peculiar greenish 
th purplish light extending round the horizon, even beyond 
ee Over the northeast quarter, the air to the height of 
ligh ad a dark opacity, which had the effect of arresting the 
ick from havea . ; 
"P.M. an irregular obscure space n to jorm 
along the northern Korieon,: At 75 50™ a faint ent of white 
spit made its appearance, resting on the horizon a little north 
e E. and wi oints, and culminating some distance below 
Pp 
_ the pole star. This continued to rise until 8 P. M., when its apex 
¥88 Within a few d 
| egrees of the pole. 
fe 9" 20 9 low fansieious sspaens showed itself on the hori- 
array “ear the arch. The latter now resolved itself into an 
tween right streamers, with equidistant shadowy spaces be- 
