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immediately on the passage of the meteor a serpentine form, and 
diffusing a light upon the earth fully equal to that of the full moon, 
remaining intense at least for forty or fifty seconds.’ 
11. Phenomena as observed at Bowling Green, Geese Lat. 
39° 20’ N., Lon. 91° W., as published in the Salt River Journal of 
Nov. 20th. (Communicated to Professor Silliman.) 
“On Wednesday morning the 13th inst., from four o’clock until day 
light, a most sublime Phenomenon continued to present itself in the 
sky, and was beheld by most of our citizens. e were awakened, 
and told that the stars were falling, and flying in all directions of the 
heavens; and knowing that the individual who awakened us, was a 
person of observation and science, we instantly hurried from our 
room, for the purpose of witnessing a spectacle so extraordinary, and 
found what had been told to us, had the full appearance of being a 
reality. 
_ This place, situated on an elevated point of an extensive prairie, 
presents an unbroken view of the horizon, and afforded an excellent 
opportunity of beholding this Phenomenon in all its various aspects, 
and impressive sublimity. The most perfect master of language 
would fail of conveying to others a full picture of this extraordinary 
and uncommon appearance, oe vain would be his attempt to’ nae 
the sensations of its beholder 
Above all, around the PRREBEE Craig shan the stars them- 
selves, which were uncommonly bright, large and beautiful—we be- 
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and to appearance across the sky—drawing after them, long lumin- 
ous traces, which clothed the whole heaven in awful majesty, and 
gave tothe air, and earth, a pale and death like appearance. 
- Our first look, after a common glance, was directly above to the 
zenith, mee at that instant, an inconceivable number of meteors, or 
falling stars, as though the sky had just received a mighty shock, 
burst from the blue and cloudless arch, which never appeared more 
clear, and shot like so many burning arrows, towards every part of 
the horizon. We next turned our eyes to the west, and to appear- 
ance they were flying or floating with great rapidity in that direction ; 
but we'soon learned, to whatever point we turned, to that point, they 
seemed to direct their course.—This we think, affords sufficient evi- 
dence to induce the belief, that those léminguk bodies were situated 
in the most elevated regions of the atmosphere—that they were di- 
rectly descending, but in a of the density of the air, ex- 
pired before they reached the e 
They continued till near day Tight when they gradually disappear~ 
ed, but we are informed that some were seen shortly after sunrise. 
