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4. Facts respecting the Meteoric Phenomena of Novemher iSth, 

 1834. Communicated by Denisox\ Olmsted, Professor of Nat- 

 ural Philosophy in Yale College. 



L Foreign testimonies. 



1. By the Rev. W. B. Clark, A. M. F. G. S., &c. (England.) 



" On the return in 1 834 of the period when the meteors were 

 seen in 1799, 1832 arid 1833, [and also in 1831, Araer. Journal, 

 Jan. 1835,] I felt naturally anxious, to watch the atmosphere. My 

 health, however, did not allow me to remain up all night, but on ri- 

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 dow in fifteen minutes' time, by the watch, ffteen falling stars in 

 the direction of a line from Leo to the star Mirza in Ursa Major. 

 The night was cloudless, and the moon so bright, that the constella- 

 tions could be scarcely seen ; but the meteors were very red and 



hrm\ant.-^{Loudon's Magazine of Natural History for Dec. 1834, 

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