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REPORT — 1851. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance or 

 magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



1850. 

 Dec, 6 



h m 



9 33 p.m. 



= 2nd mag. 



Train fully 15° long 



Middle size . 



12 



13 



24 



26 



Large, =4 times 1st 

 ma?. 



6 p.m. 

 9 20 p.m. 



9 32 p.m. 



9 37 p.m. 

 11 40 p.m. 



= 2nd mag. 

 =2nd mag. 



= 3rd mag. 

 As a spark 



9 30 p.m. = 2nd mag. 



28 



1851. 

 Jan. 5 



9 35 p.m. 

 10 30 p.m. 



10 31 p.m. 



10 40 p.m. 

 7 38 p.m. 



6 30 p.m. 



6 53 p.m. 



Small 

 Small 



Small 



= 4th mag. 



= 5th mag. , 

 Large 



= 3rd mag. 



= 2nd mag. 



7 1 p.m. =4th mag. 



Long train 



Orange-red 



Yellow . 



Blue. 



Burst into shower of sparks 



Tail fan-shaped ; length 

 about double diameter 

 of body ; separated into 

 sparks. 



Sparks followed it 



No accompaniment. 



Colourless ... 



Bright ; no de- 

 crease or in. 

 crease. 



Continuous tail 

 Sparks 



Tail Duration \ s» 



