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them. At eleven o'clock tliey were still frilling, but not so 

 numerously. The early part of the evening was rainy, but 

 it cleared up shortly before seven, and I am informed that 

 meteors were then observed. 



On the 3rd December inst., at 8.45 p.m., there was visible 

 an aurora in the form of a beautiful arch of a yellowish 

 white colour, extending from east to west and reaching up 

 to the lower parts of Ursa Major. A slight trace of 

 streamers was seen on the top of the arch. 



2. — By Joseph Baxendell, F.R.A.S. 

 The early part of the evening of the 27th of November 

 was cloudy, and the meteors were not seen till about 10 

 minutes to 7, when a partial clearing occurred. It soon 

 became evident that they belonged to a distinct meteoric 

 stream, and my attention was therefore chiefly directed to 

 the determination of the position of the radiant point. The 

 observations were however frequently interrupted by clouds, 

 and at no time was the sky entirely cloudless. The inter- 

 vals of observation and the number of meteors whose tracks 

 were observed with sufficient precision to be of use in the 

 determination of the position of the point of divergence 

 were as follows : — 



jS" umber of 

 h. m. li. lu. Meteors. 



6 53 to 7 9 G. M. Time Qb 



7 21 7 51 54 



8 1 8 15 80 



8 31 8 34 9 



8 49 9 2 31 



11 21 11 27 7 



11 33 11 54 15 



12 7 12 19 10 



The total number was 271, and of these 266 had the 

 points of intersection of their paths in an elliptical area of 

 12 degrees long and 8 or 9 degrees broad, the centre of 

 which was in right ascension 22^ degrees, and north 



