Star-Showers of Former Times. 351 
(5.) A. D. 558. — “ Some time after this, there wasa great run- 
ning of stars from evening until morning, so that every one was 
greatly terrified, and exclaimed,— the stars are falling.’ ” 
“ Mer& 02 yobvoy tid, yéyover dotégay dgduocs dq iondgas Ewe regu , 
dote mévtas Saegexnhitrecbow xal éyerv, Ste aintovory of aoréges.” — Geo. 
Cedreni Compend. Historiarum; Hist. Byz. Sc. Corp. tom. 7, p. 304. 
6.) A. D. 585. “In the 8th moon, on the day Ou-chin {Sep- 
tember 47] there appeared many hundred shooting stars scatter- 
ing themselves on all sides,” tee es 
“A la 8¢ lune, le jour Ou-chin, il parut plusieurs centaines d’ 
étoiles coulantes qui tombérent en se dispersant de tous cétés.”— 
Catalogue des Bolides et des Aérolithes observés & la Chine, ete. 
liré des livres Chinois, par M. Abel-Rémusat : Jour. de Phys. 
* . . ee 
1819, t. 88, p. 356. 
(7.) A. D. 611... A shower of shooting stars is referred to by 
Sojuty, as having occurred this year. See No. (29. 
(8) A. D. 744 or 747, “And the stars came forth shooting 
exceedingly.” “ 
“And steorran foran swythe scotienda.”—Chron. Saxonicum, 
edit. Gibson, 4to. Oxon. 1692, p. 55. _- : 
(9.) A.D. 750. “At that time happened a fearful sight and 
strange portent resulting from an appearance in the sky. It 
began about candle-lighting and was visible during the whole 
night, causing surprise and great fear in all the beholders, For 
SESSNE near ee 
. This Catalogue is derived chiefly from the compilation of a Chines: author, 
Ma-tou-an-lin, who has given a chronological account of fire-balls, meteorites, 
‘Ke. down to A, D. 1221. Abel-Rémusat has generally omitted those cases where 
the meteor did not explode, so that it is quite probable that the original list com- 
prises Several star-showers. Some of the following instances cited by Rémusat, 
may perhaps prove to be such showers, but they cannot be so considered without 
further evidence. Some of them appear to be only single meteors which left 
trains of sparks. 
7B.C. En été, A la de lune, le jour Sin-mao (Se de la lune) les étoiles ne 
Parvissoient pas, quoique la nuit fat claire, i] tomba une étojle en forme de pluie. 
WBC. Ala 2e lune, le jour Kouei-wet, aprés minuit, il tomba ane étoile en 
forme de pluie, 
A.D. A la 9e lune, le jour Ting-yeou il y eut une. étvile de la grosseur 
@un boisseau, ete. Plusieurs centaines de petites étoiles le suivoient. ee 
i ‘ MeA.D. A la 9e lune, le jour Phing-chin, il y eut une étoile qui sortit de 
aa etc. Plusieurs dixaines de petites étoiles la suivoient et tembérent avec 
