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February 8: Moderate rain. — February 12: Moderate rain. — February 13: Moderate rain. — February 14: Hard frost. — 

 February 19 : Gusty gale from NE. to NW. ; light snow. — February 20 : High gale, very gusty, from N. to NW. — Feb- 

 ruary 21 : Gusty gale from N. to NW. ; hard snow squalls. — February 22 : Snow fell and drifted.— February 23 : Snow 

 fell and drifted. — February 24: Snow drifted furiously. — February 26: Snow drifted lightly. — February 27: Snow 

 drifted furiously. — February 28 : Light snow fell. 



MAECH, 1879. 



March 1: Hard snow squalls. — March 3: Much snow drifted. — March 6 : Solar halo and parhelia. — March 9: 

 Heavy snow. — March 10: Heavy snow. — March 11: Heavy snow. — March 12: Snow squalls of light character. — 

 March 13: Hard snow-fall.— March 17: Misty. — March 18: Heavy snow fell. — March 23: Solar halo. — March 25 

 Imperfect solar halo. — March 28 : Blinding snow-storm; little rain fell. — March 29 : Moderate snow squalls.— March 

 30 : Light snow squalls. — March 31 : Warmer, with threatened rain. 



APEIL, 1879. 



April 1: Arrival of schooner Bella from San Francisco; snow squall of frequent occurrence. — April 2: Snow 

 squalls of moderate character. — April 3: Light snow and sleet.— April 5: Gale from the southwest, very gusty; wet 

 snow fell.— April 6: Moderate snow fell. — April 7: Moderate snow fell. — April 9: Moderate snow fell. — April 10: 

 Heavy snow. — April 11 : Gusty gale from the west.- -April 12: Light snow. — April 14 : Light snow. — April 17: Fear- 

 ful snow-storm, much drifting. — April 18: Imperfect solar halo. — April 19 : Heavy snow fell. — April 20: Light snow.— 

 April 21 : Light snow and sleet. — April 22: Pale solar halo. — April 23 : Moderate rain. — April 27: Arrival of vessel St. 

 George from San Francisco. I prepare to depart for Attu Island under instructions from office of the Chief Signal 

 Officer. Observations discontinued at this place. 



ABSTRACT OF DAILY JOURNAL KEPT AT ATKHA ISLAND, ALASKA. 



MAY, 1879. 



May 4: Arrived at this place. — May 5: Vessel discharged cargo. — May 6: Departure of vessel; instruments put 

 in temporary position. — May 7 : Began taking meteorological observations; light snow fell in early a. m. — May 9: 

 Light squall of sleet and rain.— May 10: Copious rain. — May 11 : Light gale from the southeast ; heavy rain. — May 

 12: Moderate rain. — May 13: Sleet squalls of light character. — May 14: Very gusty gale SE. to S. ; heavy rain. — May 

 15: Strong gale; moderate rain. — May 16: Few flakes of snow. — May 17 : Moderate rain ; gusty wind. — May 18: Light 

 rain. — May 21: Light snow. — May 22: High winds; light snow. — May 23: Gusty gale from NE. to SE. ; moderate 

 rain and few snow-flakes fell. — May 24: Moderate rain.— May 25: Light rain.— May 26: Hard gale from northwest; 

 sleet fell at intervals. — May 26 : Light snow fell. — May 29 : Light rain. — May 30 : Gusty SE. to NW. wiuds; heavy 

 rain. — May 31 : Light rain; high temperature (65°). 



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 JUNE, 1879. 



June 1 : Light rain. — June 2 : Very gusty from the northwest ; light to moderate rains.- — June 3 : Gusty gale from 

 the northwest ; moderate rain ; severe earthquake at 9.30-J a.m.; the shocks were almost without interval, moving 

 from E. to W. ; the undulations numbered eight and lasted about sis seconds; the clock was stopped by being thrown 

 out of perpendicular. — June 7 : Moderate rain. — June8: Gusty gale from the northwest; hard rain. — June 9 : Light 

 gale from the northwest; heavy rain ; sleet fell at times. — June 13: Light rain. — June 16: Solar haloat2 p. m. — June 

 17: Pale solar halo. — June 21: Dense fog. — June 22: Light rain. — .Line 23 : Light rain. — June 25: Gusty gale from 

 the northwest. — June 27 : Arrival of revenue cutter Richard Rush. — June 28: Departure of Richard Rush. — June 30: 

 Gusty gale from the northwest ; light rain. 



JULY, 1879. 



July I : Heavy rain-fall. — July 2 : Light gale from the west ; rain, snow, and sleet fell ; quite heavily on the hills. — 

 July 3: Solar halo. — July 4 : Distant thunder; hard rain. — July 5: Hard rain. — July 8: Heavy rain. — July 11: Hard 

 gale from SE! to SW. ; very heavy rain. — July 12: Hard raiu. — July 13: Light gale from the southeast; moderate 

 rain.— July 15: Light showers. — July 18: Light gale from the west. — July 23: Moderate rain. — July 24: Moderate 

 rain. — July 28 : Moderate rain. — July 29 : Heavy rain. — July 31 : Very gusty gale from the west. 



AUGUST, 1879. 



August 2: Drizzling rain. — August 3: Moderate rain; temperature reached 69°. — August 4: Gusty S. to SW. 

 winds; light rain. — August 5: Very heavy rain.— August 6: Very hard rain; lunar corona. — August 7: Moderate 

 rain. — August 8: Gale from the west ; light rain. — August 9: Light rain; gusty from the west. — August 11: Hard 

 rain.— August 12: Light rain. — August 14: Hard rain; arrival of schVoner St. George, from Unalashka. — August 15: 

 Moderate rain ; departure of St. George for the westward. — August 17: Light raiu. — August IS: Moderate rain. — 

 August 20: Foggy. — August 21: Hardest dash of rain. — August 22: Very hard rain. — August 23: Very hard rain. — 

 August 27 : Gusty in a. m. ; hard rain. — August 28 : Gusty winds blowing a hard gale from west ; moderate rain. — 

 August 29: Arrival of vessel St. George from the westward ; depart for Unalashka; observations ceased because there 

 was no one to take them. 



