A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS, 121 
No. 27.—Another, almost equally big, passed over Meerut a few nights 
ago, and disappeared with a brilliant and dazzling light in the W.N.W. 
N.B. The first meteor passed over the city of Delhi, and its greatest altitude 
was about 705. It passed to the north of the Juma Musjid.—India Gazette. 
No. 28.— Meteors of 18th November 1832, observed at Bulrampore and 
Agra.—The ‘India Gazette’ contains extracts from two letters, one from 
Bulrampore, in the Jungle Mehauls, the other from’Agra, communicating 
accounts of a very remarkable atmospherical phenomenon. 
“Camp Bulrampore, 13th Nov. 
“ During our march this morning the sky presented a most brilliant spec- 
tacle. Innumerable meteors were flying in every direction, and some of them 
the most beautiful I ever saw. They appeared to burst finer than the finest 
sky rockets, leaving a long line of various-coloured light in the heavens be- 
hind them, which remained several minutes and vanished gradually. I never 
saw anything like it before, and I should think it not a common thing in 
India, for I have travelled frequently at different hours of the night, and 
never before witnessed a similar pheenomenon.” 
“ Agra, 18th November. 
“‘ Some nights ago there was a most extraordinary appearance in the hea- 
vens. The sky was all one blaze, owing to the number of falling stars.” 
The same phenomenon was seen at the same time at the three presidencies. 
No. 29.— Meteor of 18th March 1833, observed at Madras.—“ On the even- 
ing of the 18th inst., at 55 27™ mean time, a meteor of great brilliancy and 
magnitude made its appearance towards the N.E., in the constellation Cor 
Caroli, from whence, pursuing a north-westerly direction for about 3°, through 
the constellation Hercules, it disappeared at an altitude of 35°. The time it 
remained visible did not exceed two or three seconds. Listening attentively, 
at about 63 minutes after the disappearance a report was distinctly heard, 
which very evidently proceeded from the bursting of the meteor; the di- 
stance resulting from this interval is in round numbers about 81 miles. 
“Madras Observatory, 20th Mar. 1833.” ““T. G. Taytor, H.C.’s Astronomer.” 
No. 30. Meteors of 10th September 1841, observed at Caleutta— About 
two in the morning on Friday last, innumerable meteors of surprising beauty 
were perceptible in the heavens. Vast myriads of shooting stars were seen 
darting through the air in a 8.S.W. direction, leaving a long and brilliant 
train of light. The whole atmosphere was illuminated, and at one period the 
light was so great, as to have enabled a person to read the smallest print with 
the utmost facility. This magnificent spectacle was visible during a period 
of ten or twelve minutes.— Englishman, Sept. 13. 
No. 31.—Account of a luminous meteor seen at Charka, lat. 24° 06’, 
long. 81° 02', on the morning of the 11th April 1842, by Capt. Shortrede, 
First Assistant G. T. Survey. 
“ A little before four o'clock this morning I saw a meteor of a singular ap- 
pearance, of which the following is an account :— 
“T was lying awake outside my tent, and about a minute or two before had 
closed my eyes, intending to have a short sleep before marching, when my 
attention was roused by some brilliant light before me. On opening my eyes, 
I saw a meteor having very much the appearance of a rocket: it was situated 
in the constellation Scorpio, having its middle about 10° to the westward of 
Antares, and pointing towards the constellation Corvus, the lower star of 
which was about 4° above the horizon. The meteor was about 10° or 20° 
long, and equally bright throughout except at the upper end, where it was 
