Notice of several Meteors. 321 
the line of houses intercepted their view, they turned down 
one of the little streets leading to the quay,. where having 
arrived, they beheld a little to the westward of Laprairie, an 
arched chain of fire, vividly delineated in the heavens, an 
concaving towards the earth. After a minute or two, it dis- 
appeared, having been probably caused by the eruption of a 
ball of that element which emitted the flash.” 
es he Quebec Gazette gives the following description 
of it. 
“The meteor of Saturday evening, the 9th of March, 
was seen from the vicinity of this city in a southwesterly di- 
rection, at about 10 o’clock. It had, when first descried, 
the appearance of a shooting star, larger than a star of the 
first magnitude. Its altitude about 45 degrees, its direction 
in a straight line towards the earth, machining towards the 
west; at about half the descent, it dinide d into numberless 
pieces, having the APRoaTANes of the stars a thrown 
sky rockets, but of a superior brilliancy and beauty, 
the whole disappearing before they reached the horizon. 
The sky was clear, the moon nearly at full, in an opposite 
direction, and the light of the meteor when it divided, was 
so strong as entirely to destroy the shadows of the moon 
light and throw them into a contrary direction. From the 
meteor having been seen at Montreal and Quebec very 
nearly in the same direction, its distance must have been 
The Salem. (Washington county) Post, says, 
Its first appearance was northeasterly about 20 degre es 
above the horizon, that it passed above the polar star, dis-~ 
appeared about 30 degrees above the horizon, near the con- 
stellation Orion; was visible about one Sainte, and that it 
appeared about as large as the full moon.” 
In addition to the above named places it was seen a Bos- 
ton, Bennington, Vermont, Utica, Johnstown, i in Montgom- 
ery county, Buffalo, various places in New Hampshire, 
Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania, but no particular observa- 
tions accompanied the accounts. 
The Springfield (Massachusetts) Federalist, states, thet 
an extraordinary meteor was seen on Saturday night, the 9th 
of March, by several persons in that town and vicinity. It 
was uncommonly ae and brilliant. 
—No. 4} 
h. VE. 
