8 REPORT—1849. 

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Date. Monn Tine: Description. Duration. 
—— a ———. 
1844. hm sec. 
Nov. 19 2 57 a.m....|Meteor eastward from a little below 
Canis Minor, leaving sparks behind 
during its progress for half a second. 
3 45 a.m..../Small do. descended from the zenith 5 
westward. 
4 02 a.m....|Meteor westward from @ Eridani ...... 3 
20..... DAN asses POs THE Bio” sea dvans neneateneretensnsctess 1 
A O4 ‘asmc..|Dostan The Si. ocd ccccsewseeeccsavecccvvcese 2 
7 57 p.m....|Brilliant do. from the Pleiades towards 1 
the zenith. 
10 00 p.m....\Do. from a Orionis to the S., with a 1 
little inclination to the W. 
21.....| 1 30 a.m....{Large do. descended to the E. horizon 1 3 
from a little above it. 
Z2eenes 3 42 a.m....|Meteor to « Ursa Minor from the 2 
N.W. 
4 57 am..../Do. from Ursa Major towards the E.... 2 
5 3 am....|Do. from the Pleiades towards the W. 3 
horizon. 
Doses 3 52 a.m....|Do. in the N. near Ursa Minor. 
24. 4 34 a.m....|Do. from the S. towards the Pleiades... 2 
4 47 a.m....|Do. from the S. horizon towards Venus.. 2 
4 55 a.m....|/Do.from a little below the zenith to- 2 
wards the E. 
26.....| 4 48 a.m....|Do. in the S. 
27.....| 7 00 p.m..../Do. in the W. towards the horizon...... 1 1 



IV. Supplement to the Table in last Report of the British Association, from 
August 1846 to July 1848. 


Date. Description. Place. Observer. Reference. 
1846. 
Aug. 8, 9.....|Night cloudy ..... oeeeeesseaecnns en Bulletin*, Acad. R. 
Mr. Herrick... < |Bruxelles, 1847. 
LOE ec Clear interval about midnight ;|Connecticut | 201. 
15 meteors from 12" to 1; 
32 do. from 1" to 24, 
Beak espe Clear, moonlight ; 41 meteors|Ibid............ Id. and Mr. Ibid. 
from9"to10541™; 18inN.W. Bradley. 
quadrant; 23 in S.E.; faint 
aurora. 
Sept. (Middle)/Numerous shooting stars ...... Illyriaand = |M. Colla ......... Ibid. 139. 
Dalmatia. 
Nov. 8 ...... Many n.s.2rdesecatamenesstcnsccsens NAT sass nKtoe M. Mayer......... Ibid. 43. 
839. ..{Many ; brilliant. Sdisafabeasscowese Parma ......... M. Colla ......... Ibid. 
He eacce Fall of an aérolite .........0000.. Lowell, U.S....|Correspondent tojIbid. 
M. Colla. 
12, 13, 14, 15 are brilliant ; most N.E. and/Parma ......... M. Colla ....... .. {[bid. 

* Some of the meteors noticed in the Number of the Bulletin here referred to, are the same as 
those recorded in the former Catalogue, and are therefore not here inserted, 
