326 METEOROLOGY. 



August 20. — In the evening, saw four shooting stars during thirty 

 minutes' observation. 



August 21. — In the evenings saw three shooting stars during forty- 

 five minutes' observation. 



August 22. — In the evening, saw two shooting stars during fifteen 

 minutes' observation. In the same evening I saw a shooting star 

 apparently rise upwards. It was about three seconds in moving 45°, 

 and made an angle with the horizon of about 30°. 



August 26. — In the evening, saw five shooting stars during forty- 

 five minutes' observation. 



August 27. — In the evening, saw three shooting stars during thirty 

 minutes' observation. 



August 28. — In the evening, saw two shooting stars during sixty 

 minutes' observation. 



Septemher 18. — In the evening, saw three shooting stars. One 

 appeared to rise upwards more than 30° of the vertical. 



Septemher 23 — Saw a very brilliant shooting star. 



Septemher 24. — In the evening, saw two meteoric stars. 



Septemher 25. — In the evening, saw three shooting stars. 



Septemher 26. — In the evening, saw three shooting stars. 



Septemher 28. — In the evening, saw a meteoric star. 



Sepitemher 29. — In the evening, observed a brilliant shooting star. 



' SUMMARY EECAPITULATION. 



Whole number of shooting stars recorded as observed pre- 

 viously to the beginning of the year 1852 , 173 



Observed previous to the year 1850 16 



Observed during the year 1850 100 



Observed during the year 1851 57 



During the last five months of 1850, I usually passed an hour or 

 two in the open air on every clear evening, and noted down all of 

 the shooting stars that I saw, the number in each month being as 

 loUows : 



Au^'ust 63 



September 16 



October 10 



November 8 



December 3 



Total 100 



During 1851, I not only passed much less time in making such 

 observations, but likewise recorded only a part of the observations 

 made. The following is the number recorded as seen in each of the 

 months of that year : 



January 3 



February 



March..." 2 



April 



May 



