a ; > 
clear sky, absence of moon, and observers locate Scanned 
part of the heavens, it seems probable that meteors i in ‘considerable profit- 
sion might have been counted. Of those seen, the greater part left visi- 
ble trains behind them, and many of them were seen through a haze 
which obscured all the smaller stars. As to a point of radiation: there 
are some facts connected with these observations that may indicate such 
a point; but they may, just as well, in our present state of Lnowledgelbe 
wholly disconnected with the phenomenon, and certainly can not now be 
offered as proof on this point. The lines of flight of most of these mete- 
ors, if extended back, would cross near the tail of Camelopardalis, and 
this ie the poing: ‘(55° R. A. 60° ND.) which Mr. Schaeffer points out as 
the centre of radiation of the August shower of 1837. As a coincidence, 
this is perhaps worth mentioning, but certainly as nothing more at pres- 
ent.” No observations on the night of the 10th or 11th. - 
4. At Hudson, Ohio, very good arrangements for observation were in- 
stituted by Professor Loomis, but they were almost entirely defeated by 
clouds. The report which he has published in the Cleveland Observer of 
‘Aug. 16, 1838, concludes thus :—“ On the whole, then, although the 
total number of meteors seen here was small, on account of the very unfa- 
vorable state of the weather, the oheervietisee: lend some support to the 
theory that meteors are unusually numerous about the 9th or 10th of 
August.” No observations on the night of 10th or 11th. | 
5. At Barren Hill, about 12 miles N. of Philadelphia, Pa. observa- 
ee were made on the night of the 8th by Mr. Gee. C. Schaeffer, who 
reports as follows: ‘‘ Thé house from which I observed was in a valley, 
over which the smoke from the fire in New Jersey spread a mist like a 
curtain, which, illuminated by a full moon, formed a very unfavorable 
medium through which to observe. My view was limited to a small por- 
tion of the heavens, so that I could not have seen more than one fifth or 
sixth of the entire number visible in a clear and moonless night. Between 
1th. 30m. and 12h. 30m. I saw about 20. From various estimates, I 
think they appeared [to a single observer] at the rate of 15 or 20an hour. 
I watched very closely for the radiant point, and found it near where I 
placed it in August last, [see this Journal, Vol. 33, = 134,] but, to my 
very great surprise, there was a constant aud regular of this 
point. In this I am not mistaken, as I devoted my calicke attention to 
determine it. Between 11 and 12, it was about 12° from ¢ Cassiopeie, 
in a line from it to the North Polar Star ; it a near the star first 
named, inclining downwards, and at 3h. it was 13° or 2° on the other 
side of it.” No observations on the night of 9th, L0th, or 11th. 
6. At Norfolk, Va. observations were made on the evening of the 10th, 
by Messrs. J. D. Dana, H. Eid, Sr. and J. W.E. Reid. Mr. D. writes: 
* Between 8h. 55m. and 10h. P. M. we observed thirty siz, which obvi- 
ously far exceeds the usual number at that hour. They appeared to 
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