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Direction or altitude. General remarks. Place. Observer. Reference. 
en re SS ae fe pene adn Victoria Park,|/W. R. Birt, Esq. |See Appendix, No. 
London. 10. 
NE gt RSs dsiSdiacs a dois v's se vvigsaad|spansbomeld gain. dblite de sore] LUA as bana canes cht sty ienteakpe Qe axen(LDIG 
hove 6 Cassiopeize to S.E. for|.......c...seescseeeeees POIs cc ee eee scenets 1s eet bie fateh ot Ibid. No. 12. 
above 3°. 
ugh Pegasus’ square ......|..sseseeesseeess saiSaeye Ibid .....+...4+ spades Jcpesevecceaass Ibid. 
°N. of B Cassiopeize towards|..........cs00sseesesen bide cede ieee Ci Bs Ee psec Ibid. 
Pole. 
m W. to E. with a slight]...............:c0see0e St. Ives, Hunt-/J. King Watts,|MS. Letter. 
curve, from near a Lyre to ingdonshire. Esq. 
beyond «@ Persei. 


we now come to the conclusion that there were two showers on two suc- 
cessive nights, bearing a very close resemblance to each other. The following 
description is one of the most copious and clear that we have met with; it is 
from the pen of one of the oldest and ablest of our observers in India:— 
*¢On the evening of Saturday the 19th of April, I was sitting in a 
_verandah of the Government House at Madras, facing to the eastward, from 
about 3 past 8 to Z past 10. From the height of the verandah I could see 
_ the sky to about an altitude of 60° or 65°, and about one-fourth of the horizon 
_ between north-east and south-east. During the period above stated I counted 
not less than forty meteors, of different magnitudes and brightness. The flight 
of the whole was from north and north-east to south and south-west. Some 
_ of them commenced their flight at a point of the heavens invisible to my eye, 
_ whilst others came into sight whilst on their career, from my left-hand. Some 
burned out (if I may use the expression) whilst visible, and others disap- 
peared whilst yet burning to my right-hand. I heard no explosions, though 
some of the largest left a bright streak or tail, the trace of which remained 
_ for several minutes. The greater part of the time it was brilliant moonlight, 
_ Which detracted greatly from the effect of the meteors. 
Me No. 3. (Continued from the same).—*‘ During the period between the 
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