386 On the Meteors of 13th November. 
(5.) Salisbury, N. C.—See Dr. A. Smith’s observations, No. 
GO) ps 3Tee 
6) Charleston, S. C.—The wind continued from N. E. during 
the day (Wednesday) ; the air was chilly and raw, the thermometer 
being pe 15 of 16 de egrees. (Charleston Courier. 
e temperature of the day before, had been oppressive, the mer- 
cury ranging as high as 78°. (Charleston er 
(7.) roe ete Geo.—The day had been very warm for the ‘sea- 
son of the r, and the atmosphere thick and smoky until sun set, 
after which the thermometer fell rapidly, and the sky became perfect- 
y clear. Heavy frosts ensued. (Georgia Courier. 
hours, had one considerably, every vestige of clouds had disap- 
peared, and the stars were shining through an unusually clear atmos- 
phere. (Buffalo Jo rnal. 
(9.) Poland, Trumbuil Co. Ohio.—The day previous was mild, 
damp, and cloudy. At the approach of evening the weather became 
clear, and so cold that before morning, the mud in the streets froze 
sufficiently hard to bear the weight of aman. (Dr. Jared P. Kirt- 
land’s letter to Prof. Silliman.) 
The only exception we have met with to the fact under review, 
occured in the northern parts of New England in the direction of 
Montreal, where the sky was said to be overcast. 
(10.) A gentleman who was riding in the sib in St. Lawrence 
Co. informs pod mt instead of a shower of meteors, he encounter- 
eda fall of sn He however noticed hesitens se of bright 
at, and the aah driver remarked that it was strange that there 
should be lightning awe a snow storm. (New York Daily Adver- 
tiser, Nov. 26.) asians ies 
2. Time anp Dunarion.—The meteors began to attract notice 
by their unusual frequency or brilliancy, from nine to twelve o’clock in 
the evening, were most striking in their appearance, from two to fie, 
arrived at their maximum, in many places, about four o’clock, and 
continued till rendered invisible by the light of day. 
(1.) Long Island Sound, Lon, 72° .—We are informed by 
gentlemen who was at the time on board a steam boat in Long 4 
and Sound, that he first observed the meteoric bodies at 11 o'clock 
in the evening, and continued to watch them till sunrise. (Brattle- 
boro’, Ver. pagepenrent Inquirer. 
The pilot of the Steam Boat Providence, then on her way from 
New York to Province, watched this extraordinary spectacle from 
its commencement, about 3 o’clock in the morning, till it disappeared 
in the approaching light of the sun. (Professor Caswell.) 
