102 Official "Report of a Fall ofAeroliles near Grenade. 



pavement; others compared it to the sound of several drums; 

 and others to a sfroug firt of rmisketry from the Spaniards hav- 

 ing invaded the country. 



The noise v\'as heard not only where the stones fell, hut also 

 at Grenade and Toulouse ; it was heard for nearly a quarter of 

 an hour, according to some persons : but although this is of 

 course exaggerated, I cannot liclp thinking that it lasted a mi- 

 nute at least. 



It came from the N.E. and proceeded to the S.E. The pea- 

 sants who gave us the most correct information, heard it pass 

 over their lieads towards Toulouse, and gradually cease in that 

 direction. 



After the rolling noise had passed over the ground situated 

 between the farms of la Bordette and la Pradere, a sharp hissing 

 noise was heard, vvhicJi ended in considerable shocks, similar to 

 grape shot striking the ground : these pha;nomena were pro- 

 duced by the fall of the aerolites. 



Circumstances olserved on the Ground. 

 I now give the information received, as to the aerolites which 

 were collected or heard to fall. 



1. The inhabitants at the little farm called la Bordette 

 distinctly heard two aerolites fall ; one to the northward in a 

 field adjoining, which they have not yet found : the other was 

 found about 50 paces to the south-east : the fragment which 

 we have weighs three ounces, and the whole stone did not weigh 

 six. 



2. At the cottage called Paris (300 metres above Pemejan) 

 the inhabitants were at the door listening to the rolling noise 

 over their heads, wheti they heard the noise of :i body which fell 

 in fiont of thetn. The master of t!ie house then went back 

 through the house to shut the door of a stable, and when there 

 he heard a second large body fall. The inter\-ai between the 

 two must have been about 75 seconds. This fact is of im- 

 portance. 



3. At Pemejan, the inhabitants, equally alarmed at a stone 

 which foil near them, took refuge in the house; when they heard 

 a second hissing sound, followed by the noise of a body falling 

 on the roof. Next day they found a tile broken, and a stone 

 weighing about three ounces resting on the lath. Having care- 

 fully examined this spot, I found uo contusion, nor any mark of 

 fire, upon the wood of the roof. In the vicinity of the farm 

 two stones were found which weighed a few ounces only. 



4. At Richard, after the rolling noise, an explosion was heard 

 in the air, and noxt day a stone weighing eight ounces was 

 found. 



5. At 



