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bodies had disappeared. They were of various colours, as 
white, red, and a mixture of light blue and ight red. Four 
of these trained meteors were thus traced in their flight be- 
tween 10 and 11 o’clock ; one through the Northern Crown; 
one under Sagittarius; one between Aloth and Benetnasch 
in Ursa Major, and one between Saturn and Jupiter, whose 
approximation is now so conspicuous. 
Aug. 5th. From 9 till 12 P.M. twelve meteors appeared, five of 
which had long trains: the largest of these, at forty minutes 
past 10 o'clock, was of the apparent size and colour of Ju- 
-piter, and passed through a space of about 26°; viz. from 
between the stars « and x in Draco, thence under Alisth to 
Cor Caroli; its train was about 20° long, and threw off 
inflammable sparks a short time subsequent to the disap- 
pearance of the body. Fresh breezes and light showers of 
rain followed the next day. 
—- 6th. At ten minutes before 9 P.M. a brilliant meteor de~ 
scended almost perpendicularly and within 14° of the moon’s 
northern limb. This was the nearest meteor I have ever 
seen after her first quarter, and when shining ina cloudless 
space. Rain and a strong gale from 8.W. followed through- 
out the day and night of the 8th, and storms on the day of 
the 9th. 
— 9th. From 10 tiil 12 P.M. ten meteors appeared, while the 
moon shone bright in the middle of her second quarter, so 
that her light at that age was not sufficient to obscure the 
smallest and brightest of these, of which one exhibited a 
long train, and passed between Pisces and Pegasus at a quar- 
ter before 12 o’clock. The sky was apparently clear, but 
there was haze around the horizon, and a brisk gale from 
the westward at the time of their appearance. 
—- 10th. In the course of the evening four small meteors ap- 
peared, three of these to the northward. On the 11th the 
gale prevailed, with showers at intervals. 
— llth. About 10 P.M. two brilliant meteors appeared: the 
first, which inclined to the South, was even seen through 
an extensive cloud with a quick motion ; the other towards 
the North, of a blueish colour, advanced comparatively slow 
in almost a horizontal direction, and left a short train be- 
hind it. Rain and wind came on in the afternoon of the 
15th, 
(To be continued. | 
Dr. Forster observes in his article on Meteors, in your Number 
for June, page 419, that the kind of meteors distinguished by 
leaving long trains of light behind them, almost always forebode 
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