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Fig. 3 
North. 

South. 
Aug. 10, 1852, from 9» 57™ to 10°57™ mean time. Right ascension of zenith 19" 15™ to 
~ 208 15™. 
10th of August, 1849 (see Report, 1849, pp. 51, 52). The approximation 
of the parallelism of their paths clearly indicates them to have been two 
distinct bodies ; colour a bright bluish white. : 
« Aug. 15, 9* 10™ p.m.—A bright meteor fully of the second magnitude 
shot across the Milky Way about half a degree north of (3 Cassiopeiz towards 
Polaris. 
“Upon comparing the path of this star with that observed on August 10, 
‘9° 2™ p.m. (1852), it will -be found that their paths cross at rather a consider- 
able angle, the star of August 10 moving from Capella towards Cygnus, ~ 
which would be slightly erratic from the general direction of movement wit- 
nessed on that evening. The direction of the star seen this evening at 9" 14™, 
is considerably at variance with the motion of the other three, indicating that 
the body was certainly moving (¢. e. with its true motion) in a different di- 
rection.” 
No. 13.—Communication from the Rev. W. Read, M.A., to Professor 
Powell. 
“ Croydon, Surrey, Aug. 12, 1852. 
“J have the honour to transmit an account of a singular pheenomenon wit- 
