1904.] BKEZINA — COLLECTIONS OF METEORITES. 217 



Wichita county, Brazos, Texas. Found 1836. Og. 168 gr. 

 44 cm. Worshiped by Indians as coming from "the Great 

 Spirit." 



Kesen, Iwate, Japan. Fell June 13, 1850. Ccb. 8 gr. 

 5 cm. Worshiped in a temple of Iwate as a betyl. 



Ensisheim, Alsace, Germany. Fell November 16, 1492. 

 Ckb. 10 gr. 5 cm. Oldest meteorite of known fall. 



Elbogen, Bohemia. Known since about 1400. Om. 12 gr. 

 4 cm. The so-called " verwunschene Burggraf." Said to 

 have occided in 1410 the burggrave Botho von Eulenburg, 

 defamed for his cruelty, the ancestor of the principles of 

 Eulenburg. 



Krasnojarsk, Siberia. Found 1749. Pk. 25 gr. 8 cm. 

 The meteorite on w^hich Chladni demonstrated the cosmic 

 nature of these bodies. 



Albareto, Modena, Italy. Fell July, 1766. Cc. 3 gr. 

 2 cm. The fall was described carefully by the Jesuit Troili in 

 the paper "Delia caduta di un sasso dell' aria." Modena, 

 1766, 128 pages. 



Barbotan, France. Fell July 24, 1790. Cga. 9 gr. 4 cm. 

 These stones were thrown away by the Paris Academicians, 

 who feared the ridiculousness, if believing in the reality of 

 the fact of falling stars. 



Laigle, France. Fell April 26, 1804. Cib. 115 gr. 18 cm. 

 The fall was examined carefully by the celebrated Biot and 

 dissipated the doubts in France. 



Borodino, Russia. Fell September 5-6, 181 2, during the 

 battle of Borodino, in the chief-quarter of the Russians. Cgb. 

 5 g^' 2 cm. 



Mazapil, Mexico. Fell November 27, 1885, with the Bielid 

 star-shower which replaced the disappeared Biela comet. 

 Om. II gr. 15 cm. 



Bjurbole, Finland. Fell March 12, 1899, in the bottom of 

 Stensbole Fjorde, and was raised by divers; shows adhering 

 sea-ooze. Cca. 61 gr. 12 cm. 



Breslau, Silesia. Fell January 31, 1848. 4 gr. — Rescht, 

 Persia. Fell September 10, 1864. 3 gr. — Nacimiento del 

 Rio Colorado, Argentina. Fell 1883. i gr. — Meteoric dust 

 containing nickel. 



