Letter from J. Thomson Henderson, Livorno, to [George James] Symons, Chairman Krakatoa Committee, Royal Society, Burlington-House, London W. Informs he first observed the red glow in the skies both at sunrise and after sunset in Rome, Italy, on 1 December, there after sunset almost nightly as 30 January last, latterly with less brilliance. Adds that the weather has been exceptionally dry from August to date and that water has been in short supply. 18 February 1884