2'2S On dijjhent Sleeps for curing 



the inhabitants of two hamkts a league distant from each 

 other saw it at the same time above their heads. In the 

 whole canton over which this cloud hovcicd, a hissing noise 

 like that of a stone discharged from a sling was heard, and 

 a multitude of mineral masses exactly similar to those di- 

 stinguished by the name of iiictcvric slo/ies were seen to fall 

 at the same tmie. 



The district in which the stones fell forms an elliptical 

 extent of about two leagues and a half in lcnsi;th and nearly 

 one in breadth, the greatest duncnsion being in a direction 

 from south-east to north-west, forming a declination of 

 about 22''. This direction which the meteor must have 

 followed is exactly tliat of the niagnetic meridian ; which 

 is a remarkable result. 



'Jhe largest of these stones fell at the south-cast extre- 

 mity of the large axis of the ellipse; the middle-sized ones 

 fell in the centre, and the smallest at the other extremity. 

 It thereby appears that tlie largest fell first, as might natu- 

 rallv be supposed. 



The largest of all those which fell weigh 17^- pounds. 

 The smallest I saw weigh about two gros, which is the 

 thousandth part of the former. The number that fell is 

 certainly above two or three thousand. 



In this account I have confined myself to a simple rela- 

 tion of facts ; I have endeavoured to view them as any other 

 person would have done, and I have employed every care 

 to present them w ith exactness. I leave to the sagacity of 

 philosophers the numerous consequences that may be de- 

 duced from them ; and I shall consider myself happy if they 

 find that I have succeeded in placing beyond a doubt tha 

 most astonishing phenomenon ever observed by man. 



XXXVII. Expertmevts to auertain tlie Value of different 

 Sfeeps in curing the Snntt in IVhcat, and promoting its 

 Growth. By Mr. B. Beyan. 



To the Editor of the Philosophical Magazi?ie. 



I-cighfon, Bedf )rilshire, 

 J ^^^> 'julv 19, 1803- 



1 TAKE the liberty of sending you a copy of a table of re- 

 sults in a set of experiments made principally with a view 

 to ascertain the volue of' different steeps in curing the smut 

 in wheat, and promoting its growth ; with t\\ elve samples 

 of good wheat A, and tw elve samples of very snmtty B ; 

 3 each 



