Slight flash.| 2 A.M. ” ” 24| 5 P.M. and 11.15 P.M. | | Faint Aurora. | Very clear sky. ” ” 27| 2 A.M. to 3.45 A.M. | | Faint. | 1 A.M. to 4 A.M. ” ” 27| Very bright sky. Faint | | double arch. | 8.30 P.M. ” ” 28| 6 P.M. and 7 to 9 P.M. | | Faint flashes. | 7.20 P.M. ” ” 30| 8 P.M. Streak. | 7.50 to 9 P.M. ” ” 31| 8.30 A.M. and 7.30 | | P.M. Very faint. | 8.25 A.M., 5.30 P.M. ” February 3| 10 P.M. Slight flash. | Very clear sky. ” ” 11| Sky obscured. Very faint.| 11 P.M. ” ” 13| 11 P.M. Flashes. | Clear sky. ” ” 14| 2 A.M., 9.15 to 10 P.M. | | Described and figured. | 2 A.M. and 11.50 P.M. ” ” 19| 9.45 P.M. | 11 P.M. ” ” 20| 2 A.M. Very faint. | 2.30 A.M. ” ” 22| 2 A.M. Character not | | recorded. | Very clear sky. ” ” 24| Bright sky. Very faint. | Midnight. ” ” 26| 10 P.M. and 11 P.M. | | Faint flashes. | Sky obscured. ----------------+--------------------------+----------------------- I have added to the above Table the character of the Aurora in each instance as taken from the fuller descriptions given.—J. R. C. _Auroras and Magnetic Disturbances._ The appearances of Auroras and the synchronous movements of the declinometer-magnet were subjects of special observation during the stay of the ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’ at their winter-quarters. The Table on page 187 gives the dates and hours when Auroras were visible. On all occasions they were observed to be faint, with none of those brilliant manifestations which are described by our own officers as seen at Point Barrow, and by the Austro-Hungarian Expedition at Franz-Josef Land, where the magnetical instruments were so sensibly disturbed. These phenomena were not observed either in the ‘Alert’ or the ‘Discovery,’ especially no connexion between magnetical disturbances and the appearances of Auroras could be traced. This is quite in accordance with the remarks of previous observers within the region comprehended between the meridians of 60° and 90° west, and north of the parallel of 73° north. For example:— In the Phil. Trans. 1826, Part IV. p. 76, Capt. Parry and Lieut. Foster remark, in the discussion of their magnetical observations at Port Bowen:—“As far, however, as our own observations extended, we have reason to believe that on no occasion were the needles in the slightest degree affected by Aurora, meteors, or any other perceptible atmospheric phenomenon.”