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on the 3rd al Southampton and Swindon ; on the 4th at Ply- 

 mouth and Southampton ; on the 6th at Exeter, Southampton 

 and Darlington ; on the 8th at Berwick ; on the 9th at Green- 

 wich ; on the 10th general from Plymouth to Glasgow; on 

 the 11th and 12th at Southampton; on the 13th at South- 

 ampton and Hartlepool; on the 14th at a few places in the 

 north and in the south; on the 15th at a few places situated 

 in the north ; on the 17th and 18th at Dundee ; on the 20th 

 at Glasgow and Lanark; on the 21st at Glasgow, Southamp- 

 ton and Oxford; on the 24th at Oxford and Reading; on 

 the 25th at Southampton ; on the 26th it was general in the 

 south; and on the 31st at a few places in extremes north 

 and south. Thus fog has been more or less prevalent on 

 fifty- three days in the quarter. 



Meteors were seen on October 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, IS, 14, and 

 November 2 at Nottingham ; on November 5 at Nottingham, 

 Cardington and Stone; on November 10 at Nottingham and 

 Cardington; on November 11 and 12 at Nottingham and 

 Latimer; on November 15 at Nottingham; on November 16 

 at Latimer ; on November 25 and December 3 and 4 at Not- 

 tingham ; on December 5, 8 and 14 at Stone ; on December 17 

 at Cardington; on December 19 at Whitehaven, Nottingham 

 and Durham ; on December 20 and 23 at Nottingham ; and 

 on December 30 at Hartwell Rectory. 



The meteor seen at Nottingham on November 2, at 5^ 23"^ 

 P.M., was about 4' of arc in diameter; it was visible for half a 

 minute, and was seen by many persons. That seen on Novem- 

 ber 5, at 6^ 20™ P.M., was of the size of a star of the first mag- 

 nitude, and described a path of 50° in length, which was 

 visible during its whole extent for five minutes ; at first its 

 motion was straight, and then curved. 



At Stone, on November 5, Mr. Fasel saw a brilliant meteor 

 at 6^ 8™ P.M. ; it started from about 3° above Alpha Ursae 

 Majoris, and moved to a point at about 8° above Beta Bootis. 



On December 19 the meteor seen at Whitehaven was large 

 and brilliant. 



At Durham, on December 1 9, a remarkable meteor was 

 seen in the north, which moved slowly from north-north-west 

 to north-east in a horizontal path, accompanied by a tail; it 

 was in sight about twenty seconds. This meteor was also 

 seen at Edinburgh. 



On December 30, at Latimer, the Rev. S. King, at about 

 5ii 4,5m p,M,j saw a very brilliant meteor, which, after travel- 

 ling with great velocity a space betweeri the Pleiades and 

 Alpha Ceti, burst like a rocket into a multitude of bright frag- 

 ments, which continued visible some seconds, 



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