half of this arc. The fellow observers
at station B were Joseph Loven and
Robert Ward. On the evening of April
1, the mist in the valley was so
dense that only one observation could
be made--the one on line 6, which is
ascribed to an automobile on the
State highway near Drexel. The high-
way runs for some distance nearly
parallel with the railroad.

The conditions for observation on
the night of April 2, though poor,
were more favorable than on the pre-
ceding night, and sights 7 to 16, in-
clusive, were recorded on the corre-
sponding lines. At 7:35 a light ap-
peared over Brown Mountain on line 7.
This line, when extended, coincides
practically with the track of the
Southern Railway about half a mile
west of Catawba station. The station
agent reports that on April 2 a west-
bound train left Catawba at 7:32 p.m.
It is therefore clear that the source
of this light was a locomotive head-
light. At 7:45 and 8:55 lights flared
out over the south end of Brown Moun-
tain on lines 8 and 12, respectively.
When corrected these observations fell
on the same line, near the station
Drexel. A report from the station
agent shows that westbound freight
trains on the Southern Railway left
Drexel at the times specified. Lights
9, 10, ll, 14, and 15 are ascribed to
automobiles.

Throughout the evening a light, one
of a small group, was seen on line 13.
Its position remained the same, but
it flared at longer or shorter inter-
vals. Between the flares it could be
dimly seen with the naked eye. As
corrected, the position of this source
of light seemed to fall near the dam
at the foot or tne Dig reservoir on
Linville River, not shown on the map.
Train No.35, a westbound passenger
train on the Southern Railway, is due
at Connelly Springs at 12:25 a.m. The
writer decided to remain on watch
until the time for that train in

order to get answers to two questions:
First, could the headlight at
Connelly Springs be seen from the
Gingercake Mountain station over
Brown Mountain, and second, if the
headlight could be seen, would it
look like the true Brown Mountain
light? Accordingly, about 10 minutes
before train time the telescopic ali-
dade was directed toward the curved
track about a mile east of Connelly
Springs. All observers then waited
for the train. At 12:33 a light
flared over Brown Mountain and was
seen in the telescope on line 16.
Though the train was 8 minutes behind
its schedule all observers were con-
vinced that the light seen was the
headlight of train No.35. To the
writer it looked much like the other
lights that Mr. Loven had called the
Brown Mountain light on this and on
preceding evenings. Mr. Loven himself
declared that it looked like the
Brown Mountain light, though he
thought it had a slightly more bluish
tint. Upon later examination of the
train register at Connelly Springs it
was found that train No.35 had ar-
rived at the station at 12:35. Allow-
ing for the time required for the
train to run from the curve to the
station at Connelly Springs the train
register may be confidently regarded
as verifying the observation.

On this night, as on the first
night, all the lights seen looked
much alike, though some of the flares
were brighter than others. Mr. Loven
was asked several times if he felt
satisfied that the lights seen by the
party were actually the Brown Moun-
tain light. He replied that he was
satisfied and that it was a fair av-
erage exhibition.

On April 3 station C was established
at Blowing Rock, at an elevation of
about 3,700 feet. Although not so
high as the station on Gingercake
Mountain, this station commands a
wide, sweeping view of the country