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| Direction or Altitude. General remarks. Place. Observer. Reference, 
Moved horizontallyimmediately Circular .........065 Highfield House.|E. J. Lowe ...... Mr. Lowe’s MS. 
under Aries and only 4° above) 
the horizon. 
[Fell down from o Urs Majoris Two meteors close|Ibid................ Edn eecucagecasewes ‘Ibid. 
. together. 
Fell from direction of Polaris).....csc.sscscseseesees WGI yccacsvecasas Id. veseosss LDIG. 
towards Capella. 
Started at ~ Ophiuchi, and Rapidly increased,|[bid.............04. Uf Coa cacao ere Ibid. 
| passed midway between) without altering 
|» Serpentis and ‘f Ophiuchi,| its form,from 3rd 
passing across No. 52 Ser-| mag.* to 2 size 
_ pentis and fading 3° lower. of ¢, and sud- 
| denly vanishing 
k when at its maxi- 
Ke mum brightness. 
|Moved exactly in the same path|.......0.essseeseessees Shida Ms sae cehsea sabes Thid 
| as the last. 
rom  Ursz Majoris towards|............sessseeeeees EDI eaeswa canccves Late cavensecanshy Ibid. 
_ W. horizon at an angle of 
50°. 
From No. 13 Delphini almost/Seemed very near|Ibid..............3. awetienevess vee (Lbid. 
perpendic. down. the earth. 
From about « Cygni passing 5°|Moonlight .........[Beeston ws... (Ld. ..sseseeeeeeee (Lid. 
N. of Altair. 
ea Rieecacstotiaysicnaseee Many meteors ...... HG scans canoe Te eepacveancapane Ibid, 
Betas clogs dvaiaqsscessucaces|coaccesspecqecsnecsences UDId:, cgeeaccecers ce LUG Sa ceceses ceccee Eun 
Il perpendic. GOWN o.....ce8000 Many meteors, |[Did..........s0860. 1; Barrer rn reat Ibid. 
mostly in Ursa 
Major, Ursa Mi- 
nor, and Draco. 
Fell perpendic. down from 4).......cseeeeeceseneees oT bgaRRor adres Tass pecvstnass sets Ibid. 
between Capella and sAurigz. 
Same Raph HS the Vast... .i3.2..c[se,ssetesdecsessscione. Mids. i2bes5.2 de eihds ilstieieonvilbids 
Pes «ans Seeryeleaatcy dhs asagt rar odd ocd Several meteors ...|[bide..sseseeeccaeee Nd) Seas apr antes Thid, 
Fell down and ending at » Ursee|........ Seas ITIL ce camaendisend Ads iste ace Ibid. 
_ Minoris. 
‘From # Aurigz down at an angle|Kite-shaped, andjlbid.............00 Wile dr cucens Semana Ibid. 
_ of 45° towards N., fading} had many streaks 
away 8° immediately above (| left which linger- 
ed and seemed to 
ignite after the 
f . meteor had pass- 
be ed by. Moved 
RY behind _ several 
nf cirri, 
rpendic, down from B Cygnil.........eseee i seers EDid- anieasateasad-2 Td, «0s 4q(}sapesenos| D100 
BP ITOUL 6 AUTIGR «.,...,--0cslesasnnnsugecnscerace ess EDIG) sac ccapcanced RASS eA Ibid. 
rom « Andromede up towards|Stars very brightiIbid................ Edlnaqieetanwevsraens> Ibid. 
zenith. and scintillating| — 
4 considerably. 
From # Draconis downwards at|....cccocceceseseseesoes Tbid,...... abgaa skal sh4-seeaieeacy ..|[bid. 
n angle of 50° towards W. ; 
BEER Gaze. csacaveseseceses Moon bright, but|Broomfield F. Wakefield, Esq.|Ibid. 
her light was| House, near 
nothing whilst} Ashford,Wick- 
the meteor lasted} low. 
