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It most closely resembles the Tazewell, Claiborne, and Bear 

 Creek, Col., meteorites in com|)()sition. I herewith take pleas- 

 ure in thanking Mr. Norman 8})ang for his kitidness in allow- 

 ing me to secure the iron and for the facts of its discovery; 

 also, Mr. J. Edward Whitfield and Prof. F. W. Clarke for the 

 analysis. 



II. On the Meteoric Stone from Ferguson^ Haywood County, 



North Carolina. 



Mr. W. A. Harrison, of Ferguson, North Carolina, says that 

 about six o'clock, on the evening of July 18, 1889, he noticed a 

 remarkable noise west of him, and that fifteen minutes later he 

 saw something strike the earth, which, on examination, proved 

 to be a meteoric stone, so hot that he could scarcely hold it in 

 his hand five minutes after it fell. Two-thirds of its bulk was 

 buried in the earth when found. This stone w'as sent to the 

 writer, and was unfortunately lost in New York City during the 

 month of December. 



The stone was slightly oblong, covered with a deep, black 

 crust, which had been broken at one end, showing a great chon- 

 dritic structure with occasional specks of iron. Its weight was 

 about eight ounces, and it very closely resembled the meteoric 

 stone from Mocs, Transvlvanin. It remained in the writer's 

 possession so short a time that it was not properly investigated ; 

 but still the mere mention of a fall, which had been so carefully 

 observed, is thought to be well worthy of publication. 



///. Meteoric Ivonfrom Br^idgewater, Burke County, North 



■ Carolina. 



The Bridgewater, Burke county, meteorite was found by a 

 negro plowman, two miles from Bridgewater Station, in the 

 western p;irt of Burke county, near the McDowell county line 

 in North Carolina. Latitude, 35° 41'; longitude, 81° 45' W. 

 of Greenwich. The negro thought that it must be either gold 

 or silver, and took it to some railroad laborers, who broke it in 

 two pieces, one of which weighed ten-and-a-half, and the other 

 eighteen-and-a-half pounds, together 30 pounds, equal to 13.63 



