100. REPORT—1850. 
rather faint. It continued in the same position and of the same brightness 
for between two and three minutes as well as I could judge, and then gra- 
dually became fainter and fainter, till it lost its brilliancy altogether; and 
as it began to fade, it began also to become crooked and to move towards 
the west. It became gradually more crooked, and continued to fade till 
it became like a thin smoke, and at last vanished away at about 3° or 4° 
from the place where I first sawit. I listened attentively, but heard no noise. 
From the time I first saw it till its brilliancy ceased, was probably about five 
minutes, and in about three minutes more it ceased to be any longer remark- 
able. I was then at Charka, in lat. 24° 06! and long. 81° 20'.” 
“ Dewra, llth April, 1842.” 
No. 32.—An account of a remarkable aérolite which fell at the village of 
Maniegaon, near Eidulabad in Khandeesh. Communicated, with a specimen, 
to the Asiatie Society by Capt. James Abbott, B.A., late Resident, Nimaur. 
A chemical examination of the above aérolite, and remarks, by Henry 
Piddington, Curator, Geological and Mineralogical Department. of the Mu- 
seum of (Economic Geology. 
At the meeting of October 1844, Capt. Abbott communicated to the So- 
ciety the following documents, with two small specimens of the aérolite. 
“Capt. J. Assort, Artillery, Dum Dum, to the Secretary of the Asiatic 
Society, Caleutta. 
“Dum Dum, Sept. 16th, 1844. 
“ Sir,—In July 1843, I received at Mundlaisir, from the Komarder (or 
native collector) at Asseer, a report of the fall, in that part of the country, of 
a meteoric stone, together with a few grains, said to be particles of the same. 
I immediately despatched a karkoon to the spot, to ascertain the truth or 
falsity of the statement, and to collect specimens of the supposed aérolite. 
These accompany my letter. They differ so much from the structure of 
every reputed aérolite I have previously met with, that I should be inclined 
to doubt the veracity of the reporters, could I discover any other reason for 
questioning it. I have never heard any other instance of an aérolite in that 
neighbourhood. The fact is implicitly credited in the neighbourhood of 
Eidulabad, where it is said to have occurred. These specimens appear to 
me to resemble masses of friable rock of the quartz family which I have met 
with in Malwa. But it is evident that a mass of texture so loose could 
never have borne unshattered the propelling agency of fire, nor has any vol- 
cano existed within the memory of man in Nimaur or Mahiswah, nor, I 
believe, in Khaundes, although fable declares Oojyne to have been buried 
beneath a shower of mud, and Mahiswah to have been destroyed by the mis- 
chievous malice of a demon. The depositions of the observers I have trans- 
lated and appended. The spot was beyond, my district, or I would myself 
have visited it. It is probable that the collector of Khaundes may haye 
reported it to the Bombay Society. 
‘“‘ This report, and the note upon granite in the Nerbudda, were prepared 
many months ago, but restricted leisure and many concurring events, pre- 
vented their being forwarded.” “J. ΑΒΒΟΤΥ, Capt. Artillery.” 
Fall of a Meteorie Stone in Khaundes.—Deposition taken by a karkoon, 
despatched from Asseer by Capt. James Abbott, to collect information 
upon the subject. 
“ Oonar, Puttail, and Ghubbahjee, Chowdry, of village Maniegaon, per- 
gunnah Eidulabad, Tuppeh Sowdah, Illaquh Dhooliah in Khaundes, depose as 
follows : 
“Taken July 26th, 1843. On Mittee Asarr, Soodie Teei, Goraur ke din. 
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