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towards the earth: it broke into numerous small brilliant fragments, and 
disappeared. It was visible about half a minute.—S.” 
Poona, 22nd March. 
In the same journal of March 28, further particulars are given, of which 
the following are extracts :— 
“‘Subjoined is a series of notices of the luminous meteor seen on the 
evening of the 19th, which now appears to have been a much more magni- 
ficent variety of aérolite than was at first supposed. It appears to have been 
at a great elevation, and, as suggested by a Poonah correspondent, was pro- 
bably some hundreds of miles from the nearest spectator when first seen. 
The volume of the mass, the length of its course, and the velocity with which 
it rushed along, may from this be imagined. As formerly observed, when 
first seen at Bombay it appeared as if nearly over the dockyard: in this all 
the observers who noticed it in different parts of the island concur, Curi- 
ously enough, we have not been favoured with a single notice of it from any 
one on board the ships in the harbour: from the anchorage we have no doubt 
it would also appear to the eastward. At Poonah—lat. 18° 30! N., long. 72° 
2' E.—it was observed at a quarter past six at the altitude of about 30°: it 
was visible from Poorundhur, twenty-six miles east of Poona, It was ob- 
served at Aurungabad, lat. 19° 45! N., long. 75° 30' E., as if to the south; 
and from Sholapore, lat. 17° 40! N., long. 76° E., where its appearance was 
most distinctly observed, and has been most carefully described, as seen in a 
north-easterly direction. It was seen at Jaulnah, particulars not given. It 
was also carefully observed at Surat, Z1°11'N., 73° '7'E. It has thus been 
described as visible over an area of above 3° of longitude and 2° of latitude 
—from Bombay 18° 53! N., and 72° 49! E., to Sholapore and Aurungabad ; 
though in all likelihood it may have been observed over a much more exten- 
sive area than this, from which as yet no observations have reached us, From 
the explosions heard at Aurungabad, it is possible that in this neighbourhood 
it burst. 
«« Another meteor, of lesser size, though still of considerable brillianey, was 
seen here on the 23rd.” 
“ To the Editor of the Bombay Times. 
“ Sir,—The meteor alluded to in your last was seen at this place on Mon- 
day, at six p.m., in the E.N.E. quarter, at an altitude of about 30°; descending 
obliquely towards the E., it disappeared behind a building. I had only a 
glimpse of it myself, my back being towards it at first, but the person with 
me described it as being about half the size of the moon, and much brighter. 
It was seen also at Poorundhur. Instead, therefore, of being a few hundred 
yards distant from your Bombay informant, it must have been certainly more 
than 100 miles: how much more we cannot say, not having its exact bearings, 
but probably another fifty at least. Should it have been seen at Seroor or 
Nuggur, something further may be known of it, as it must have been pretty 
‘near those places. If I can collect anything further about it I will let you 
know.—W. S. J.” 
* Poona, 23rd March, 1849.” Z 
“On Monday (19th), about half-past six in the evening, a very remarkable 
and beautiful meteor was observed at this station. Its course was north- 
easterly ; bursting out in the zenith in a most brilliant manner. It appeared 
to me to have two succeeding periods of intense brillianey, with intermediate 
diminutions of light ones; occurring on its passage behind a fleecy cloud 
near the horizon, it illuminated it like a sheet of summer lightning would, 
the colour then assuming a vivid green hue. I have never seen any so 
beautiful and striking that I remember as this——-OBsERVER.” 
“Sholapore, 25th March,” : 
