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probable, but it may well be that in other cases the identity of 

 characters only indicates that the several masses were parts of the 

 same meteoric shower. The multiplication of unnecessary names is 

 unfortunate, and for the simplicity of our catalogue it is desirable that 

 such questions as the present should be investigated. 



In conclusion, the writer wishes to thank Professor H. A. Ward, of 

 Rochester, New York, for his kindness in having the plates made 

 with which this paper is illustrated, and for his extreme courtesy in 

 furnishing material for analysis, as well as sending for inspection the 

 large mass sawed into slabs. 



