of November 18S6. 85 



Time. Number. 



3 h. 30 m 37 



3 h. 45 m 2o 



4li 31 



4 h. 15 m 25 



4 h. 30 m 22 



4 h. 45 m 28 



5h 22 



5 h. 15 m 16 



5 h. 30 m 20 



5 h. 45 m. 11 



6h 11 



6 h. 15 m 5 



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The meteors, with the exception of five or six, all had a di- 

 rection from a point in the eastern part of the heavens, about 

 15 degrees N.N.E. of the planet Jupiter ; and, although they 

 appeared in all parts of the sky, still, if the lines of motion had 

 been continued backwards, they would all have terminated in that 

 point. Having witnessed the meteoric shower of 1833 in Penn- 

 sylvania, I was particular to observe the foregoing fact. The 

 phenomenon appeared to me to be identical with that, but far 

 less magnificent. The day preceding had been remarkably 

 rainy, but the night was clear and still. 



" Between four and five o'clock, an auroral arch was to be 

 seen in the north, and streamers at half-past five." 



II. Observations at Cambridge, Mass. ; published in the Boston 

 Courier, Nov. 14. 



" At eighteen minutes before four o'clock, a large meteor 

 darted from the north. It was quite luminous, and in size ap- 

 parently equal to half the full moon. This was succeeded by 

 many smaller meteors, and twenty-three were counted by me 

 during an hour and a half; several were seen by other persons 

 in the room,* which escaped my notice. During this time one 

 was observed of great brilliancy, having a luminous train appa- 

 rently a yard in length. The lightning j- continued the whole 

 time, and there was considerable appearance of aurora borealis. 

 —\^ r— Cambridge, Nov. \Sth. 



• From this expression it is inferred, that the writer had but a small por- 

 tion of the firmament in view. 

 + From light clouds in the fouth-east. 



