394 On the Meteors of 13th November. 
(1.) Their course was directly downwards, and not oblique as is 
usually seen, except in two instances, when the course was horizon- 
tal, nearly in a straight line, from N. E. to S. W., and these two 
meteors were high and small. (‘ Observer,’ vere Centinel.) 
2 r. Palmer’s observations, p 
(3. ) The ra of descent was rectilinear, ra course from the di- 
rection of the zenith towards the horizon, and most generally in a 
line varying from 10° to 45° from a vertical Jine. Many fell direct- 
ly downwards towards the earth. ae National Gazette.) 
HA All tended westward. (Dr. - B. Smith, Annapolis Re- 
6)! The greater number inclined in a path towards the west nl 
‘| in an angle of 60° with the zenith, [with a vertical line? } 
while some few seemed almost rpendicular, and others, nearly 
pa with the surface of the earth. (At Halifax, Vir. Richmond 
nquirer. 
(6.) Their direction was a little to the west of a perpendiculer 
line, when you look north cr south. (Augusta, Geo. Cour 
1ey fell in bd direction resembling a fall of snow. eles. 
Messenger at Maco 
(8.) At Denentd; 'N. H. the course of many of the meteors was 
observed from the horizon. towards thé zenith, and in every other 
direction. (Professor Caswell.) 
(9.) They all passed, while visible, with great velocity through the 
air, but in no uniform d direction ; some rose, some fell, others moved 
horizontally, and others gan at And conceivable angle to those 
several courses. (Buffalo Journal.) 
(10.} At Poland, (Ohio,) these fell uniformly from 8. E. to N. 
W., forming an acute angle with a vertical line. (Dr. J. P. Kirtland.) 
_ (1L.). At Matanzas, (Cuba,) they descended in perpendicular lines, 
describing ares from the zenith to the hori rizon. oF A. Mallory to 
Professor Silliman, ) ; 
8. ‘Abr ita oRIGIN.—The meteors, as seen By: most observers, 
appeared to proceed from a fixed point in the heavens, which some 
referred to the zenith, and others to a point a little S. E. of the ze- 
nith. Those who marked its position among the fixed stars, observ- 
ed it to be in the constellation Leo, in which it appeared stationary, 
accompanying that constellation in its diurnal progress. 
(1.) From a point in the heavens, about 15° S. E. from our ze- 
nith, the meteors darted to the horizon in every part of the compass. 
(New York Commercial Advertiser.) 
(2.) They appeared in every direction, but chiefly arian: from 
e zenith to the east and south, (Great Falls, N. H. paper.) - 
