These phenomena of the northern sky are not, contrary to the common belief, especially frequent in these most northerly latitudes.

It is always a pity to destroy a pleasant popular illusion; but I have seen auroras of a greater beauty in Maine than I have ever seen beyond the Arctic Circle.
Between the races and the dinner hour, which was at four o'clock, I gave a concert on the aeolian in my cabin, choosing the merriest music in the rack.

Then we separated to "dress for dinner." This ceremony consisted in putting on clean flannel shirts and neckties.

The doctor was even so ambitious as to don a linen collar.
Percy, the steward, wore a chef's cap and a large white apron in honor of the occasion, and he laid the table with a fine linen cloth and our best silver.

The wall of the mess room was decorated with the American flag.