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mont, who Avrites that the night was cloudy, also adds that he noticed no more, 

 meteors during- the month than usual. 



Mr. Robert Brown, jr., of Cincinnati, whose preparations with a corps of ob- 

 servers at the west were also alluded to in the last report, writes to us as fol- 

 lows : " Reports are coming in of the meteoric observations, from the different 

 stations. Success various. Here we were unfortunate. The 13th and 14th 

 was entirely overcast and stormy, as well as the 14th and 15th. But few 

 courses are charted here. We were well prepared for the night of the 13th and 

 14th, and disappointed. 11th and 12th one-third obscured, about fifty-seven; 

 12th, one hundred." 



We give below notes of all the meteors during the month recorded on the 

 registers which have been thus far received from our observers. 



Nov. 1. — Portsmouth, Ohio. Observed a very large meteor on the night of 

 the 1st, course S. W. to N. E. Observed fifty shooting stars between the 1st 

 and 15th, eleven in one hour on the night of the 3d. 



Nov, 7. — Newcastle, Indiana. Observed two shooting stars, the fii'st from 

 Orion to S. W., one-fourth the distance to the horizon, when it disappeared; 

 and the other just north of Orion to N. E., one-eighth of the distance to the 

 horizon. 



Nov. 9. — Iowa Falls, Iowa. Five minutes before 9 p. m. a shooting star 

 started overhead, and shot to the west about forty degrees, with a tail ten 

 degrees in length and very bright. At half past 9 saw three shooting stars ; 

 they were small and all had the same course. 



Algona, Iowa. — Shooting star, starting in the north and passing south. 

 Nov. 10. — Algona, Iowa. Shooting star, starting in the north and passing 

 south, very bright ; another small one at the same time, starting and ending 

 same. 



Nov. 11. — New Albany, Indiana. Some observations on the meteors of Novem- 

 ber were made on the nights of the 11th and 12th. The observations were 

 made in the earlier part of the night. The night of November 13 was cloudy, 

 and no observations could be made. A full report of these observations will 

 be sent, with the constellations, as far as could well be determined, in which 

 the meteors were seen. On the night of the 11th fourteen meteors were 

 observed between the hours of 10 and 11 ; twenty-six between 11 and 12 ; and 

 twenty-three between 12 and 1. On the night of the 12th, seven were observed 

 between 10 and 11, and twelve between 11 and 12. Total on the nights of 

 the 11th and 12th, 82. 



Nov. 12. — Progress, New Jersey. At eight minutes after 5 a. m., noticed a 

 large and brilliant meteor. At the time of disappearance it was due south, its 

 course northwest to southeast. When first seen it was apparently at an altitude 

 of thirty degrees ; disappeared at fifteen degrees. 



Nov. 13. — Progress, New Jersey. At 4 a. m., noticed a meteor, course from 

 east to west. From 5 a. m. to daylight saw four others, none of them remarka- 

 ble for brilliancy. 



Nov. 14. — Dubuque, Iowa. No meteors observed this evening. The hour 

 between 8 and 9 was spent in watching for tliem. Last evening the sky waa 

 entirely obscured by clouds, so that none could be seen if present. 



Nov, 14. — Pleasant Plain, Iowa. A very bright meteor appeared in the 

 region of the Pole Star about 7 p. m., so bright that for the instant the shadow 

 of a house near by was plainly discernible. The course Avas about east. 



Nov, 16. — About 7 p. m. a very bright meteor was seen through the window 

 of a lighted church, descending in the north, to the east of a perpendicular 

 line. 



