and the South of Scotland. 149 



passed about 30" north of « Herculis, and about 1° south of 

 /9 Ophiuchi. It passed over about 20° in 4 seconds. 



At \0^ 28"", a meteor, like a star of the second magnitude, 

 with a train a Httle less bright than the last, and extending over 

 about 12°, passed through ^ Lyrje and about 1° east of /3 Cygni. 

 It passed through about 15° in 2 seconds. 



On the 18th, at Q^ 30™, a meteor, like a star of the third 

 magnitude, passed from 15 Persei, and moved nearly parallel 

 with y and « Persei, being nearly peii^endicular to the horizon. 

 It passed through 10° in 1 second. 



On the 29th'^ at 9^^ 55™, a meteor, like a star of the third 

 magnitude, with a train, passed through it xVudromedse, and 

 about 1° north of f Andromedse. It moved through about 20° 

 in 2 seconds. 



At lO^i 2^, a meteor, similar to a star of the second magnitude, 

 with a magnificent train extending over fully 25°, passed through 

 11 Muscre Borealis, a little above a Arietis, and about 1° below 

 7 Pegasi. It moved through about 45° in 8 seconds. As it 

 moved along its path, an increase in its apparent altitude was 

 evident. 



At 10^ 4™, a meteor like the last Avas seen, excepting that its 

 train was rather more considerable (extending over at least 30°). 

 It passed about 1° above e Arietis, and directly soiithward, in a 

 line parallel with the horizon. It moved through about 40° in 

 6 seconds. 



On September 4th, at 9^ 33"^, a meteor, like a star of the 

 second magnitude, with a train extending over about 15°, moved 

 from a point immediately below 13 Herculis, and passed about 

 4° west of 8 Ophiuchi. It traversed a space of about 18° in 

 3 seconds. 



On the 12th, at 8l> 31'a, a meteor, like a star of the second 

 magnitude, with a train extending over about 7°, moved from a 

 point veiy near 3 Serpentarii, and passed about midway between 

 8 Ophiuchi and t} Serpentarii. It moved through about 15° 

 in 1"5 second. 



On the 15th, at 9^ SI"", a meteor, like a star of the first mag- 

 nitude, moved from a point about li° south of the « Lyne, and 

 passed close to the north of ^ Ile'rculis. It moved through 

 about 25° in t seconds. 



On the 21st, at \QS^ 18'" 30^ a meteor, of unusual apparent 

 magnitude and brightness, ajjpeared. It moved from a point 

 situated in a line ])erpendicular to the horizon, passing through 

 the (/) Ursie Majoris and about 2° below this star. Tlie meteor de- 

 scended towards the horizon in a direction a little east of north. 

 The line along which it passed subtended an angle of aljout 10°, 

 with the line perpendicular to the horizon meeting that point of 

 the meteor's path from which it started. The diameter of the 



