Account of a Fall of Meteoric Stones. 39 



whom three were under 2 years of age, six between 

 50 and 60, and seven between 70 and 90. 



March 4th, 1808. 



VII. Account of a Remarkable Fall of Meteoric Stones, 

 in Connecticut. Republished from a public paper, 

 entitled the " Connecticut Herald.'''' 



Yale- College, Dec. 26, 1807- 



Messrs. Steele Es? Co., 



AS imperfect and erroneous accounts of the late 

 phenomenon at Weston are finding their way into ths 

 public prints, we take the liberty of enclosing, for your 

 paper, the result of an investigation into the circum- 

 stances and evidence of the event referred to, which we 

 have made on the ground where it happened. That 

 Ave may not interrupt our narration, by repeating the 

 observation wherever it is applicable, we may remark, 

 once for all, that we visited and carefully examined 

 every spot where the stones had been ascertained to 

 have fallen, and several places where they had been only 

 suspected, without any discovery ; that we obtained 

 specimens of every stone; conversed with all the prin- 

 cipal original witnesses; spent several days in the in- 

 vestigation; and were, at the time, the only persons 

 who had explored the whole ground. We are, 



Gentlemen, your obedient servants, 



Benjamin Sillimam, 

 James L. Kingsley. 



