372 Miscellanies. 



portion of bony armor occur with or near the bones : he concludes that 

 both by its tegumentary covering and its osseous system it is more nearly 

 allied to the ant-eaters and sloths than to the armadillos. — Id. 



46. Hot Springs. — Hot springs burst forth in great force about seven 

 and a half miles east of Singerli, in Asia Minor ; the temperature is sup- 

 posed by Mr. Hamilton to be equal to that of boiling water.* Deposi- 

 tions in some places eight or ten feet thick occur around the mouths of 

 the springs with a strong sulphureous smell ; yet the cool water is taste- 

 less. The water after flowing a mile and a half and turning several 



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mills is used for a warm bath. — Id, 



47. Additional Observations on the 3Icteors of November 13 and 14, 

 1838. 



1. Canton, China. Through the zeal of Rev. Peter Parker, M. D., 

 watch was maintained by several observers on the nights of the 12th and 

 13th Nov. 1838, and some time subsequent. From a notice published by 

 him in the Canton Register of Dec. 11, 1838, it appears that the chief 

 display was during the night of the 13th. **The meteors of the 13th 

 with few exceptions, were very similar to each other. They bore no 

 comparison with the splendid meteoric shower of November 13, 1833, 

 which I fortunately witnessed in America, yet they were more than or^ 

 dinary. Thirty one were seen in the quick succession of half a min- 

 ute, and one minute, others at longer inieYYVih dnring the few hours of 

 clear sicy of the night." 



2. At sea, N. lat. 8^27; W. Ion. 23° 48'- Observations by Rev, 

 S, R. Brown, and Rev. David Abeel, on board the ship 3Iorrison bound 

 for Canton. By a letter received here from Mr, B., we learn that the 

 night of the 13th-14th, was chiefly clear, and that early in the evening 

 meteors were rather more numerous than usual. " From 2h. to 4h. A. M. 

 we numbercd^^jf^, and from that time till the moon rose, about a quarter 

 before 5, we took note of twenty five more. Thus there were about 25 

 an hour from 2 to 5 o'clock according to our reckonino-. Soon after the 

 moon rose, the sky was overcast so as to prevent any further observations. 

 All these meteors were rather small, except one w^iich shone with a splen- 

 dor and red light like that of a rocket, and exploded much in the same 

 manner. They all either radiated from a point in the curve of the sicMe 

 (in Leo), or else their paths being traced back would intersect each other 

 somewhere between Rcgnlus and % Leoms. In appearance they were 

 somewhat unlike ordinary meteors, their trains of light being longer and 

 rather more permanent than is usual, while their direction was from E. to 

 "W. in most cases and always from the point before mentioned. Some- 

 times they shot across and behind an intervening cloud." 



* Memoir by W. I. Hamilton, Esq., on the Geology of the western part of Asia 

 Minor. 



