18 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 
My friend Mr. Wright, of Drummoyne, on the Parramatta 
River, informs me that the morning glow has frequently been 
more intense and rich than the evening, and that the river east- 
ward from Drummoyne has sometimes been, as it were, turned 
into blood. The grandest of these weird and flaming heralds of 
the morning occurred in the early part of last month, and previous 
to that there was a gorgeous display on the morning of March 1. 
One of the finest of the later exhibitions of evening glow at 
Sydney was on February 26, when the rosy light extended all 
round the horizon. Venus, in the west, shone with a beautiful 
green colour, complementary to the surrounding brilliant red. On 
March 13 there was also a fine display, with Venus showing 
distinctly green. Since then the evening glow has become rarer 
and more faint. Mr. Russell tells me that at Cobar, about 350 
miles inland, the most brilliant display of evening glow was on 
February 24. 
I adduce also a description by Mr. Todd, C.M.G., Government 
Astronomer at Adelaide, because it brings out some further 
details, and to show that the phenomenon has the same character- 
istics there as here :—“‘On every clear evening during this month 
(October) and the last fortnight of September a peculiar phe- 
nomenon has been apparent in the western sky. Shortly after 
sunset a red glow will make its appearance at an altitude of about 
50°, being very faint at first ; but, as the brightness of the sky near 
the horizon dies away with the receding sun, the red glow will 
expand downwards, becoming at the same time more brilliant, 
until at last the whole western sky will be lit up with a beautiful 
light, varying in colour from a delicate pink to a most intense 
searlet, and the spectacle presents a most brilliant appearance. 
The upper part will then gradually fade away, until the colour is 
noticeable only at 7° or 8° above the horizon, at which time the light 
is about its brightest. Afterwards a secondary glow will sometimes 
make its appearance at an altitude of about 50°, and gradually 
spread downwards until the sky is again lit up. In the secondary 
phenomenon the colours are generally more delicate. The whole 
thing will fade away about 8 p.m.” 
