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20. Mr. Redpatli, son of Mr. Redpath of Angelraw, (a place about 4 miles 

 north east of Stitchill, in the shire of Berwick,) said that he did not see the 

 meteor himself; and that from all he could gather, its direction was from the 

 south-east to the north-west, but nearer the south and north points than the 

 east and west, with a tail of considerable length, pointing downwards, inclining 

 to the east ; that its course seemed to be very quick, and that sparks of fire fell 

 from it as it moved along ; that the whole was of a conical figure, and appeared 

 to be about 5 inches at its basis ; that a very strong light issued from it, which, 

 in those houses where the candles were out, darted through the windows with 

 such strength, that the rooms were wholly illuminated by it for 7 or 8 seconds ; 

 that its first appearance was not exactly at the horizon, but a little above it, and 

 that, at its greatest height, it certainly did not exceed 40°; that it was extin- 

 guished before it reached the horizon, perhaps by about 8 or 10 degrees; that 

 the colour of the meteor was at first nearly of a pure white, but in proportion as 

 it advanced, it grew red, and seemed to go out all at once ; that the light which 

 issued from it seemed rather to consist of successive flashes from side to side, 

 than of an uniform regular flame; that a few minutes after its disappearance 

 (not above 3 or 4) was heard by several people a violent thunder-clap, or some- 

 thing very like it, and from the same point it disappeared, viz. rather nearer to 

 the north than the north-west." 



21. At Dalkeith (a market town 6 miles south-east of Edinburgh,) a gentle- 

 man, who happened to be walking eastward in the street, perceiving his right 

 side and arm strongly illimiinated, suddenly turned his face to the light, and 

 saw the meteor, then in a direction at right angles with the street, having an 

 altitude, as he conjectured, of about 45° ; he observed that the figure was oval, 

 the light great, and of a bluish cast ; but he heard no sound. 



22. By an article published in the Edinburgh news-papers, the meteor ap- 

 peared there of a conic form, but about 5 or 6 inches broad at the basis, and 

 lasted 5 or 6 seconds ; its light was great, and sparks flew from it like those of a 

 rocket, when its force is spent. 



23. An article in the Glasgow paper was to this purpose. About Q o'clock 

 a globe of fire came over this city from the southward, in appearance as large 

 as the full moon. It made the streets as light as at noon-day, lasted about a 

 minute, and just before it vanished, it divided into three parts directly over the 

 middle of the town, and then ascended through the atmosphere. 



24. From Dunfermline (a town in the shire of Fife, about 14 miles north- 

 west of Edinburgh,) Dr. Stedman stated, that he had only found two persons 

 who had seen the meteor, a man and his wife, from whom he had the following 

 particulars. That the first view they had of it was in the south- south-east, as 

 it came from behind a building ; and that it seemed to them to move westward ; 



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