y line of cumuli along the northern horizon;
calm and very dark, and incessant lightning in N.

"8th. Last night after midnight commencing raining, slowly and
steadily, but leaving a line of lighter sky south; much lightning all
night, but little thunder.

"8th. 6 A.M., very low scud (500 feet high) driving south, still calm
below (N. light); 10 A.M., clearing a little; a bank north, with
cirrus spreading south; same all day; 9 P.M., wind freshening (N.
stormy); heavy cumuli visible in S.; 10.30 P.M., quite clear, but a
dense watery haze obscuring the stars; 12 P.M., again overcast; much
lightning in S. and N. W.

"9th. Last night (2 A.M. of 9th) squall from N. W. very black; 4
A.M., still raining and blowing hard, the sky a perfect blaze, but
very few flashes reach the ground; 7 A.M., raining hard; 8 A.M. (N.
W. strong); a constant roll of thunder; noon (N. E.); 2 P.M. (N.); 4
P.M., clearing; 8 P.M., a line of heavy cumuli in S., but clear in N.
W., N., and N. E.

"10th. 3 A.M., Overcast, and much lightning in south (N. mod.); 7
A.M., clear except in south; 6 P.M. (E.); 10 P.M., lightning south;
11 P.M., auroral rays long, but faint, converging to a point between
Epsilon Virginis and Denebola, in west; low down in west, thick with
haze; on the north the rays converged to a point still lower;
lightning still visible in south. This is an aurora in the west.

"11th. Fine, clear morning (N. E.); same all day; no lightning
visible to-night, but a bank of clouds low down in south, 2 deg. high,
and streaks of dark stratus below the upper margin.

"12th. Fine and clear (N. E.); noon, a well-defined arch in S. W.,
rising slowly; the bank yellowish, with prismatic shades of
greenish-yellow on its borders. This is the O. A. At 6 P.M., the bank
spreading to the northward. At 9 P.M., thick bank of haze in north,
with bright auroral margin; one heavy pyramid of light passed through
Cassiopeia, traveling _westward_ 1-1/2 deg. per minute. This moves to the
other side of the pole, but not more inclined toward it than is due
to prospective, if the shaft is very long; 11.10 P.M., saw a mass of
light more diffuse due east, reaching to _Markab_, then on the prime
vertical. It appears evident this is seen in profile, as it inclines
downward at an angle of 10