390 Observations in France on the Aurora of 1859. 
also always a general light, extending at midnight from north- 
east to west, and sometimes bright enough to enable a person to 
read the time on the face of an ordinary watch. 
The aurora was repeated Sept. 1st, Sept. 2d, and Sept. 3d. 
G. Aldershot (lat. 51° 15’). 
Magnificent display of aurora Aug. 28th, and till early mor 
ing Aug. 29. 
H. Brighton (lat. 50° 50’). 
Aug. 29th, about half past one o’clock, a fine aurora occupied 
more than one-half the sky. It had the appearance of an Irreg: 
ular hemisphere of white light fringed with a band of crimson 
from twenty to thirty degrees broad, stretching from southwest 
to northeast by east. . 
8. Observations at St. Valery, France, (lat. 50° 10’ N., long. 1°87 
E.), by H. Lartievx, from Comptes Rendus, T. XLIX, p. 36/. 
Near St. Valery a white light of considerable intensity wa 
noticed in the north at 11440™ p.m. Aug. 28th. A red column, 
with sides nearly parallel, and 4° or 5° in breadth, rose from the 
.N.W. nearly to the zenith, but disappeared after a few mir 
utes. About 125 10™ the white light near the horizon had in- 
creased in intensity; a large part of the heavens was colo 
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red, and the exhibition attained its greatest brilliancy at 12520", 
distance of one mile, as during a clear night with a full moo. 
The illumined portion of the sky increased till 12% 40™. he 
this time the brightness diminished near the meridian, — 
east and west portions continued red. At 1» 15™ the a 
columns again appeared very brilliant, and nearly as extent 
as at 128 40™, but they soon disappeared. The red li ht grey 
fainter, and disappeared entirely at 2h. The white light 
marked the commencement of the phenomenon continued 
quarters of an hour longer. 
4. Observations at Paris, France, (lat. 48° 50’), by 1 Ore | 
RAVIER, from Comptes Rendus, T. XLIX, P : 
The aurora was first noticed at Paris at 2 on the m ; 
of August 29th, and it soon rose to a great height _ ‘tad 
horizon. About 2h 45m the vertex of the grand arc) 
reached the trapezium in Cetus, being 150° from the northel® 
horizon, and it extended from Monoceros to 10° south A 
id having an amplitude of more than 200°. The Psp peste 
the small arch rose to 7 Draconis, being a height of 26 ; : 
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