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partly mottled and partly moving streamers; 23:22:44, aurora growing stronger in west, 

 snake-like streak in southwest from zenith to horizon, where it is mottled, very faint in north- 

 east ; 23:22:52; snake-like streak northeast to southwest through zenith, also a horizontal 

 streamer io° above horizon southeast to southwest ; 23: 23: 28, aurora has disappeared. — 25, 

 observations were not taken on account special request of Mr. Fiala to be present at Christmas 

 dinner. — 26, the fibers were found broken, the suspension tube was taken to the dwelling- 

 house to attach new fibers, meanwhile a strong blizzard came up preventing return to 

 hut. — 29:14:46, clear, moonlight. — 30:00:00, cloudy; 30:06:14, increasing to 38d in one 

 minute; 30:06: 22, stops at 29^.3 ; 30:06:46, stops at 22''.o and thea continues to decrease to 

 6:48; 30:07:04, reached 42^.5 after this reading; 30:07:08, rapidly decreasing to 9''.5 ; 

 30:07: ID, increases to 6i*.9 ; 30:06: 20, faint aurora through zenith to southwest, fog all along 

 horizon; 30:08:00, clouded all over; 30:09:54, increased to 39*. i; 30:09:24, faint aurora 

 through zenith to northeast and southwest ; 30:09: 56, clear sky, no aurora ; 30: 13: 16, clear 

 and moonlight ; 30: 15: 08, increased to 38d ; 30: 20: 18, clear, moonlight, no aurora ; 30: 23: 44, 

 clouded over. — 31 : 2 1 : 00, overcast and snowing. 



January, 1904. — 1:17:14, snowing, — 3:00:00, clear, moonlight night, no aurora. — 

 4:08:00, clear, moonlight, no aurora ; 4:09:58, scale increases rapidly. ^5 : 12: 14, temperature 

 falling rapidly outside; 5:12:44, aurora in streak 15° above horizon from west to north; 

 5:12: 50, faint aurora northeast to southwest through zenith ; 5: 12 : 56, aurora growing stronger, 

 streak becoming wavy; 5:13:00, aurora growing stronger in northeast, now two streaks; 

 5: 13: 12, aurora a series of bands close together northeast to southwest through zenith, stronger 

 in northeast; 5:13:24, aurora growing fainter, particularly in southwest; 5:13:32, aurora 

 stronger in southwest ; 5: 13; 44, aurora growing stronger in northeast ; 5: 14; 02, aurora very 

 faint; 5:14:08, aurora in broad band from horizon to zenith northeast, extremely faint in 

 southwest from zenith to horizon in baud ; 5: 14: 16, aurora in three wavy bands from north- 

 east to southwest through zenith ; 5: 14: 54, aurora has entirely disappeared. — 6:04: 18, scale 

 decreases unsteadily; 6:10:00, high wind, snowing; 6:13:08, wind moderating; 6:16:28, 

 calm ; 6: 16: 20, overcast ; 6: 16: 36, snowing ; 6: 18: 50, calm, overcast, light snow ; 6:21:14, 

 temperature rising very rapidly outside. — 7:16:00, easterly wind, about 35 miles an hour; 

 7:19:42, calm. — 8:20:00, easterly wind, about 25 miles an hour. — 10:00:26, faint aurora, 

 north wind, 20 miles; 10:06:06, after this small oscillation scale continues to increase. — 

 11:08:30, aurora northeast to southwest through zenith. — 12:12:00, overcast and foggy; 

 12:15:28, aurora, faint, northeast to southwest, one arch with vertex 60° above horizon in 

 southeast, another streak parallel to arch and above it ending in zenith ; 12: 15: 40, streak and 

 arch have united to form one broad band stronger in northeast. — 13:03: 10, magnet vibrating 

 up and down ; 13:03: 14, vertical vibrations have ceased ; 13: 04: 16, magnet vibrating up and 

 down; 13:04:20, clear, light fog on horizon; 13:04:28, vertical vibrations have ceased; 

 13:05:16, magnet checked with adjusting pin; 13:06:22, clear and calm; 13:07:50, scale 

 continues to decrease after reading of 56^.5 taken ; 13: 13: 44, arc-shaped aurora from northeast 

 to northwest ; 13: 14: 56, aurora still northeast to northwest and bulk increased by about two ; 

 13: 15:40, aurora has disappeared ; 13: 16: 16, faint aurora north to west in arch northwest 10° 

 above horizon; 13: 16: 32, aurora very faint ; 13:17:40, aurora has practically disappeared; 

 13:20:04, faint aurora in streak, northeast to southwest, stronger in northeast; 13:20:24, 

 aurora has disappeared entirely in southwest; 13:20:32, aurora in two arches northeast to 

 southwest, vertices of both in southeast, the one 20° and the other 50° above the horizon ; 

 13:20:48, aurora in broad irregular band, northeast to southwest through zenith ; 13: 21: 28, 

 aurora has disappeared ; 13: 22: 26, aurora reappears in two streaks from northeast to south 

 10° above and parallel to horizon, changing rapidly to mottled appearance ; 13: 22: 30, aurora 



