120 MUSEUM METEORITES—HONEYMAN. 
Art. VIII.—Our Museum METEORITES, et caetera.—By REV. 
D. HontymMan, D.C: L., F.R. 8S: Corse 
flon. Mem. Geologists’ Association London, &e. 
Read May 14, 1888. 
Of these mysterious and interesting bodies, we have examples : 
I. Victorian. II. Bolivian. 
At the Great London Exhibition 1862, in front of the Depart- 
ment of Victoria, Australia, a great mass of meteoric iron lay. I 
passed it almost daily during seven months. It became very fam- 
iliar. It was found at Ballarat. The authorities of the British 
Museum purchased it. 
On a counter in the same department lay another small one 
with a pair of horse shoes made from a part of it. This was 
exhibited by Sir Henry Barklay, the Governor. We have two 
pieces of its crust. 
These meteorites come into Daubreé’s Ist division, 2nd sub- 
division of 1866. 
Towards the close of the Exhibition, Prof. Sheppard, of New 
Haven, Conn., U.S. A., came to London with a collection of 
meteorites. [I examined these at Prof. Tennant’s, Strand, W. C. 
The latter purchased one ; giving for it an equal weight of silver 
coin. 
At L’ Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1867, I became ac- 
quainted with M. Daubreé, and his work on meteorites. I also 
found an account of his experiments and results in “ Bulletin de 
La Societé Geologique de France 1866.” On my way home I 
visited the British Museum, where Prof. Maskeleyne showed me 
a very large meteorite which was falling in pieces, although every 
effort was made to arrest decomposition. This seems to be an 
American meteorite. | 
At the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, I had 
another opportunity of seeing other meteorites. In the Canadian 
Mineral department, in front of my office, was placed the Madoc 
