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Honolulu, twelve days after the eruption, with a brilliancy of color about equal to t h a t of the glows which appeared in the first two weeks after the K r a k a t a o eruption. On July 31, as reported b y Mr. S. E. Bishop (Nature, September 4, 1902, p. 442), the solar corona or "Bishop's ring" was still conspicuous. Kingston, Jamaica, on May 25-31 and before; with colors reported to have been "extraordinarily rich and beautiful." St. Kitts, in red color, on May 27—being the earliest distinctive glow noticed on the island. Off the Venezuelan coast, between Carúpano and La Guayra, noted b y H . M. S. Gazelle, on May 10. At Los Angeles, California, on J u n e 22 and 23. Funchal, Madeira, on J u n e 6, 10 and 11—possibly even a t an earlier period—described b y F . W. T. Krohn to have been similar to the K r a k a t a o glows; also on or about July 6-7, 12-16, 26-27, and August 1-3. Slough, England (as observed b y Professor A. S. Herschel), on J u n e 17, 21, 26 and later. Lewisham, South Kensington, and other localities in England during late J u n e and in July. Bombay, about June 25 (?). I n northern Italy, in early June, with streaked radiations. At Berlin, in late J u n e or early July, with remarkable coloring. Hamburg, observed b y Stentzel from June 16 to the end of the month ( " V u l k . Dämmerungserscheinungen "—Das Wetter, X I X , 7, p. 156). Sunderland, England.—June 26 (Backhouse, Nature, 67, p. 174). Pic du Midi de Bigorre, Pyrenees. Several times during a number of months, beginning about July 31 and culminating in the end of October. The height of the disseminated ash was estimated by Marchand to have been 10-40 kilometres (Ann. de la Soc. Météor. de France, Feb. 1905). Paris.—Oct. 28 to Nov. 18 (Besson, Ann. de la Soc. Météor. de France, 1902, 1, p. 220). Nice.—October 27-30 (Perrotin, Comptes Rendus, C X X X V , 1902, pp. 724-726). Bordeaux.—Oct. 23-Nov. 2 (Esclangon, Comptes Rendus, 1902, pp. 846-848). Morges, Switzerland, as observed by Forel, on July 6-9, 23-28, Aug. 14-22, Sept. 21, Oct. 13-24, Nov. 12-14, Dec. 18-24, and Jan. 6-8, 1903. The illumination, lasting at times for l½-2 hours after sunset, and beginning in the west, had for its order in the appearance of color yellow, purple and orange. The most intense fiery glow was observed, after sunset, a t 5 h. 18 m., on Oct. 29, continuing with diminished intensity until 6 h. 50 m. (Gazette de Lausanne). Gruner observes t h a t the really brilliant glows noted in Europe did not as a rule appear until about the end of October; they reappeared periodically toward the close of several succeeding months. See his p a p e r : "Dämmerungserscheinungen im