the clouds, while the brilliant orange [67] of the sky itself illuminates the whole scene. Midnight. The strong sun- set colors are central in the northern sky above the sun - royal purple in the horizon clouds, brilliant greenish gold in the band of clear sky above them and bright light yellow on the still higher clouds. To the west, the warm colors are much in evidence, while to the east the sky is gray and cold. It seems strange that there should be this difference in such nearly ad- jacent quarters as the opposite sides of the sun. 12:30 a.m. The sunset colors have faded and the sunrise colors have appeared, but one wonders that they should be so much weaker and colder than the sunset hues of an hour ago, when the descending