198 REPORT—1850. 
(3.) “ Sir,—On the evening of the 19th ult., between six and seven, I 
observed the meteor alluded to in the Zimes of 23rd and 26th March. I 
was in latitude 21° 58! (by observation next day,) and longitude 76° (taken 
from a map). The meteor was, as well as I can judge, S.W. by S. [Ὁ was 
very brilliant. The longitude I could not work out exactly, not having the 
necessary tables.— L. H. E.” 
“ Mundlaisir, April 5th, 1849.” 
(4.) “ Sir,—Your correspondent of the 21st inst. desires information about 
¢a supposed meteor. It may be gratifying to him to know, that we were 
favoured, back here in the country, with one of whose personal identity we 
could have no doubt. It appeared six miles east of Ahmednuggur, in the 
vicinity of a hill known here by the name of ‘Shaha Donger.’ ‘The fall of a 
more splendid meteor I never had the pleasure to witness. Myself riding 
eastward, its line of direction declined towards the same point, the meteor 
appearing at right angles on my left. It first invited my attention by throw- 
ing across my pathway a brilliant light, seeming for the instant to light up 
the whole horizon. Instantly glancing to the north, the stranger appeared 
in full view, a beautiful globe of fire, apparently sixty to eighty yards high, 
and some three inches in diameter, with a long tail of bluish and red light. 
At the height of twenty to twenty-five yards it burst, and fragments of a 
brighter red were visible an instant longer.” 
(5.) “ Sir,--In your issue of Wednesday last I observe a correspondent 
notices a meteor he had seen in Bombay about half-past six p.m., on the pre- 
ceding Monday. As you appear anxious for further information on the sub- 
ject, L send you the following, though I know not if it be worth much. On 
the same evening, and about a quarter before seven (of our time), I saw from 
hence a meteor, answering in so many respects that described by your cor- 
respondent, as to leave no doubt on my mind but that it was the same as 
attracted his attention. To my eye the meteor appeared in size rather less 
than a man’s fist; its brilliancy was excessive, and it was surrounded by a 
colour more yellow I think than green. The flakes it threw off were very 
large, and strewed its path, so as to form a long and most luminous tail. I 
note the following particulars :—commencement of course at a height of 
about 50°; end of height 20°; direction of height nearly perpendicular ; 
direction from Asseer about S.S.W. If I mistake not, your correspondent 
makes its direction from Bombay to have been about easterly: by a glance 
at a map I should therefore suppose the meteor would be vertical over some 
spot between Jooneer and Kandahalla——A. W.” 
“ Asseerghur, March 26, 1839.” 
(6.) “ The proximity of the hill enabled me to determine its distance to 
be within 300 yards, the meteor being distinctly visible after passing below 
the summit. The coincidence which will perhaps most interest your corre- 
spondent is the fact of its appearance at thirty-five minutes past six on Mon- 
day evening (19th inst.).—W.” 
“ Ahmednuggur, March 24, 1849.” 
(7.) A Mahabuleshwar correspondent says, the meteor seen there on the 
19th ultimo, presented nearly the same appearance at Malcolm Peth as at 
Bombay. 
(8.) “ Sir,—The same appearance as that described by your correspondent 
E. in your paper of the 21st, was observed by myself and others from this 
<P 
