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or those on board the outer light-vessel. We have no doubt whatever that this 
was a meteor or fire-ball of large dimensions which has fallen into the sea :— 
‘It may be of interest to you, with reference to the notice in to-day’s paper 
of the storm on the night betwixt Thursday and Friday, to know that I was 
last evening informed by a seafaring friend of mine, who was, at the time the 
Times describes the rushing sound to have been heard, sitting on the deck of 
a vessel in harbour watching the storm, that he saw what appeared to be an 
immense mass or ball of electric fluid fall perpendicularly (as it were) into 
the sea, apparently near the outer light-vessel: the persons in charge of this 
craft may probably be able to afford further information.’ ”—Zbid. Sept. 29. 
“Some further particulars of the fall of the meteor which occurred during 
the thunder-storm of Thursday evening noticed in our two last issues, have 
since then been received. The mighty rushing sound and violent concussion 
perceived by hundreds of persons in the Fort, was so in exactly the same 
manner in Colaba, a mile to the southward,—at Ambrolie, two and a half miles + 
to the north-west,—as it was in the Roadstead, a mile to the eastward. All the 
parties between these two extremes of nearly four miles give exactly the same 
account of the matter. The sound was said to proceed from the northward as 
of that of a body passing right over head towards the south, and striking the 
ground at no great distance. As these phenomena are spoken of by all parties 
as nearly identical, the meteor must have passed when at its nearest at a di- 
stance of ten or twelve miles at least. We want more information on the sub- 
jeet; the smallest contributions will be acceptable: only one party who has 
communicated with us actually saw it rush through the air, and observed it 
fall near the outer light-ship.’—Jdzd. Sept. 30. 
“ The Meteor of last Thursday.—The following notice of the meteor of 
Thursday last, Sept. 25, closely corresponds with what has already reached us : 
had our correspondent been able to yive us anything like an exact idea of 
the interval which elapsed betwixt the fire-ball being seen and the sound being 
heard, we might have formed an estimate of the distance of the falling body, 
if the hissing spoken of was in reality the same as the rushing through the 
air described by other observers. We shall be happy to receive the further 
communication our correspondent promises us. ‘ My wife and I had been 
watching the lightning for some time at the door of our bungalow, but feel- 
ing very much fatigued, being an invalid, I retired to the sofa, and had scarcely 
done so when my wife called out that she saw a ball of fire fall into the sea 
in the vicinity of the outer light-ship. The heavens appeared to open at one 
spot, from which it descended. This took place between the hours of ten 
and eleven-p.m. Neither of us noticed at that time any peculiar noise, but 
at a later hour I said, Listen to the conflict going on amongst the elements: 
they seemed hissing one another for some moments. 1 recollect many 
years since, when residing at Sidmouth, on the coast of Devon, during a 
violent storm, a large ball of fire fell into the sea, illuminating the whole re- 
gion; but in those years little or no notice was taken of these things.’ ”— 
Ibid. Oct. 2. 
No. 7.—Meteors seen by Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Boreham, Aug. 11, 1851, 
from 10 to 11 o'clock. Right ascension of zenith 19 20™ to 20" 20™, 

