916 Account of a remarkable 
almott as red as blood: The direétion of this meteor, whicks.. 
proceeded with great velocity, was from fouth to north. 
Scarcely had we looked at it for two feconds when it 
divided itfelf into feveral portions of confiderable fize, whiclr 
we faw fall in different directions, and almoft with the fame 
appearance as the burfting ef a bomb. All thefe different 
fragments beeame extinguithed in the air, and fome of 
‘them, in falling, afumed that blood-red colour which I had 
obferved in the point of the tail, It is not improbable that 
all the reft may have affumed the fame colour; but I re- 
marked only thofe which proceeded in a direétien towards 
Mormes, and which were particularly expofed to my view. 
About three, or perhaps two minutes and a half after, F 
am not certain which, as I was not reflecting upon what 
might be the confequences, and therefore did not look at 
my watch, we heard a dreadful clap of thunder, or rather 
explofion as if feveral large pieces of ordnance had beer 
fired off together. The concuffion of the atmofphere by 
‘this fhock was fo great that we all thought an earthquak¢ 
had taken places The windows fhook in their frames, and 
fome of them, which probably were laid-to and not clofely 
“fhut, were thrown open. We were informed next day, that 
“in fome of the houfes at Houga, a fmall'town about half ’s 
‘nile diftant from Mormes, the kitchen utenfils were thrown 
‘from the fhelves, fo that the people concluded there had 
‘been anearthquake. But as no movement was obferved in 
‘the ground below our feet, Iam inclined to think that all 
‘thefe effects were produced merely by the violent concuffion 
“of the atmofphere. 
We'procceded into the garden, while’the noife fill con- 
tinued, and appeared to be in a-perpendicular direction above 
“us. Some time’after, when it had ceafed, we heard a hollow 
noife, which feemed to rell along the ‘chain of the Pyrenees, 
jn echoes, forthe diftance of fifteen miles. It continued 
‘about four minutes, becoming gradually more remote, and 
‘always weaker ; and at the fame time we perceived a ftrong 
‘f{mell of fulphur. ‘While. 
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