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30 or 40 seconds, at lO*" 40"" ; and that it faded away at both ends some time 

 before it became invisible in the middle. 



" I am, dear Sir, yours most truly, 



" W. W. BOREHAM." 



" Prof. Baden Powell, S^c. S^c." 



Mr. Boreham's diagram of meteors, August 10, 1853. 

 North. 



W. 



E. 



South. 



55 meteors, Aug. 10, 1853, from lO*" 5" to U'' 5" : the right ascension of 



the zenith = 19'' 52™. 



No. 2. — Extract of a letter from Lord Wrottesley to Professor Powell, 

 October 12, 1852. 



". . . . On finding that Venus occupied nearly the position assigned to the 

 meteor, I at first felt tolerably well satisfied that Venus was the object seen ; 

 but then there can be little doubt that it must have presented very extraor- 

 dinary appearances to excite so much notice ; besides, (G. W.'s) account is 

 inconsistent with an ordinary appearance, however brightly it may have shone. 

 Meteor. Again, the drawing of (W. H.) (annexed) adds to the 

 difficulty, and makes me doubt whether it could be 

 Venus at all. It appears by the Nautical Almanac, 

 that the time specified, or 16^^ on the morning of 

 the 10th, astronomically, 



D's^=&i'59'" D= + 20°15' 

 ?i?l=8''22'" D=-|-15°44'. 



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