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it appeared, from the man's defcription, that they mnft have 

 lain at the diihmce of about a hundred yards from each other. 



What he further learnt from the inhabitants of the village 

 concerning the phenomenon was, that about eight o'clock 

 in the evening, when retired to their habitations, they ob- 

 ferved a very bright light, proceeding as from the iky, ac- 

 companied with a loud clap of thunder, which was imme* 

 diately followed by the noife of heavy bodies failing in the 

 Vicinity. Uncertain whether fome of their deities might not 

 have been concerned in this occurrence, they did not ven- 

 ture out to inquire into it until the next morning; when the 

 £rll circumftance which attracted their attention was the ap- 

 pearance of the earth being turned up in different parts of 

 their fields as before mentioned, where, on examining, they 

 found the ftones. 



The affiftant to the collector of the diftrict, Mr. Erfkine, 

 a very intelligent young gentleman, on feeing one of the 

 Hones, brought to him by the native fuperintendant of the 

 collections, was alfo induced to fend a perfon to that part of 

 the country to make inquiry; who returned with feveral of the 

 ftones, and brought an account fimilar to that given by the 

 perfon lent by Mr. Davis, together with a confirmation of it 

 from the cauzy, (who had been directed to make the in- 

 quiry,) under his hand and fcal. 



Mr. Maclane, a gentleman who refided very near the vil- 

 lage of Krakhut, gave me part of a ftoive that had been 

 brought to him the morning after the appearance of the 

 phenomenon, bv the watchman who was on duty at his 

 Koine; this, he faid, had fallen through the top of his hut, 

 "which was clofe by, and buried itielf feveral inches in the 

 floor, which was of consolidated earth. The flone muft, 

 by his account, previous to its having been broken, have 

 weighed upwards of two pounds. 



At the time the meteor appeared, the jfky was perfectly 

 ferene ; not the fmallelt veftige of a cloud had been feen 

 fince the nth of the month, nor were any obferved for 

 many days after. 



Of thefe (tones, T have feen eight, nearly perfect, befidc3 

 parts of feveral others, which had been broken by the pol- 

 feflbrs to diftribute anions their friends. The form of the 

 more perfect ones appeared to be that of an irregular cube, 

 rounded off at the edges ; but the angles were to be obferved 

 On moft of them. They were of various fizes, from about 

 three to upwards of four inches in their largeft diameter; 

 cue of them, meafuring f our inches and a quarter, weighed 

 two pounds twelve ounces. In appearance, they were ex- 

 actly 



