
‘A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 189 
has stated that on the night of the 11th ult. he counted more than fifty shooting 
stars in the course of two hours, viz. from 11 to 1. Most of them were seen 
in the Milky Way, and a few towards its edges. The direction of all, how- 
ever, was by the Milky Way, and towards the S.W. horizon.” + 
1847. Sept. 14.—About 9" 48™ p.m., as I was looking (or going to look) 
through a telescope towards the S., a light caught my left eye towards the E. 
horizon. I turned immediately, but only caught a glimpse of a meteor of a 
yellow or reddish colour, about the brightness of Jupiter or Venus, which 
had descended through the N. Fish, to the S. of Aries, in a course a little in- 
clined towards the N., and had become invisible behind a building, leaving a 
narrow red streak, at first of considerable brightness, but fading very rapidly. 
Its course must have been of 20° or 30° in length, before hidden near the ho- 
rizon. (Gloucester, I believe.) 
1848. Nov. 17.—During a brilliant aurora witnessed by me at the ex- 
treme W. verge of Herefordshire, three falling stars of considerable magnitude 
were seen, one with a long course and fine train. 
1850. Aug. 12.—A few minutes after 11" (Greenwich time) a beautiful 
meteor shot across Cygnus, then at a great elevation in the meridian. I do 
not know whether I caught its first appearance ; but its brilliancy drew the 
attention of my left eye, while the other was at the telescope. Its course was 
from W. to E. and not rapid, extending for perhaps 10° or 12° till I lost it 
behind the top of a tree. Its light was intense, much brighter than that of 
Venus, and of a beautiful clear blue colour: in the middle of its course it 
seemed to be extinguished, and then broke out again as bright as before. I 
think it left no train. Nearly an hour before I had noticed a much smaller 
one, falling in quite a different direction, low in the S.8.W. perpendicular to 
the horizon. This meteor was seen at Highfield near Nottingham, by Mr. 
Lowe, as appears by his letter in the ‘ Times.’ He calls its colour, however, 
yellow. (South Herefordshire.) 
1850. Aug. 24.—A little after 10" p.m., a fine yellow meteor fell from near 
the zenith to a Aquile, as large as Venus. 
1850. Oct. 5.—While looking with my 51 feet achromatic at a consider- 
able star, probably of about 7 mag., I saw in the field a bright point of light, 
of nearly the same size and appearance, and at no great distance, which imme- 
diately vanished. It seems to have been a small and instantly extinguished 
meteor. It had I believe a reddish tinge. 
1850. Nov. 29.—About 9%, or from 9" to 9" 10™ p.m. Greenwich time, I 
caught an oblique sight of a very beautiful meteor of a yellowish colour and 
considerable size, which seemed to run a very short course at a great alti- 
tude, a few degrees W. of the zenith, and I believe among the stars of Gloire 
Frederici ; but I did not exactly note the place, as finding it had left a bright 
and beautiful, though short train, I endeavoured to turn the telescope upon 
it; but before I could succeed, the train had disappeared, and I then could 
not exactly identify its place. [This meteor is mentioned in the ‘ Times,’ 
in two letters, dated Barnstaple and Brixton Road.] 
