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place on the evening of Monday the 19th, about the same hour mentioned 
by him, and in a south-westerly direction.—W. R. M.” 
“Fortress of Asseerghur, March 28, 1849.” 
(9.) ““ Sir,—I suppose you have had enough of the meteor of the 19th 
instant, but I cannot forbear writing to let you know that it was seen at 
Ahmednuggur also at the time mentioned by the other observers. 1 was 
driving, at the time, about a quarter of a mile distant on the west side of the 
fort, when I observed the meteor towards the N.E. It did not occur to me 
that it was anything more than a rocket thrown up from the native town, and 
I was sure it had fallen between myself and the fort. I have been much in- 
terested in the accounts sent by your correspondents from such distant places 
as Sholapoor and Surat, most of them supposing, as we did here, that it was 
not very distant. Were proper measures taken for simultaneous observation 
of such meteors at different places, it would be easy to ascertain by a littie 
calculation the height at which they begin to appear and at which they burst, 
and the velocity with which they move. |The apparent velocity of this meteor 
being so great, while at the same time it was so distant, its real velocity must 
have been great indeed, more nearly approaching that of electricity than that 
of any solid body whose velocity has hitherto been calculated.—B.” 
“ Ahmednuggur, March 31, 1849.” 
(10.) “ Sir,—The accounts received by you from different stations re- 
garding the appearance and supposed course of the magnificent meteor of 
Monday evening, the 19th instant, induce me to add my evidence, with the 
view of assisting in the determination of the true course of the luminous ob- 
ject. About 64 p.m. I happened to be seated in the open air, facing due 
south, and the ‘shades of evening’ were fast closing over head, when I ob- 
served a meteor, which, apparently commencing its course at a point bearing 
about S.S.W. and about 30° above the horizon, darted in a glightly descend- 
ing line, and with different degrees of brillianey, towards a point bearing about 
S.S.E. and about 15° or 20° above the horizon; and there burst without any 
perceptible noise into spark-like fragments, flame-coloured, which immediately 
disappeared. The colour of the meteor, when most brilliant, appeared to me 
not unlike that of the ordinary ‘blue light.’ The observer at Aurungabad 
(near which place the meteor appears to have burst) does not mention the 
apparent length of the course of the luminous body. If this was not very 
great, nor the apparent motion of the meteor very rapid, it seems to me not 
improbable that the course of the meteor was seen at Aurungabad fore- 
shortened as it were; and, taking into consideration the various accounts, I 
am disposed to think that a line drawn from the Malsej Ghaut (or a point 
half-way between Nasik and Jooneer) in the direction of Ellora, would 
pretty well represent the course of the meteor; and it is not unlikely that 
fragments of the aérolite may be yet found near the caves.—H. W. B. B.” 
“ Malligaum, March 30, 1849.” 
Meteor of April 4, 1849, observed at DelhiA very brilliant meteor, of 
a deep red colour, was observed at Delhi, on Wednesday evening, at a quarter 
past seven. Its progress was extremely slow, from ΝΟ, to S.E., and the 
inclination small. It seemed to have become extinct for an instant, and then 
assumed greater brilliancy before its final disappearance. The elevation at 
- which it was noticed cannot have been more than 28° or 30°.—Delhi Ga- 
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zette, April 7. 
Meteor of April 10, 1849, observed at Ahmednuggur—-Ahmednuggur, 
April 11, 1849.--You may be interested to hear that another meteor was 
ee last night nearly about the same time, and in a similar direction, 
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