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oe Scientific Intelligence. 
August 5th.—Watched occasionally for meteors but saw only one 
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ug t 6th.—Made several observations during the evening and 
Bight, am without seine a single meteor. It would seem that there is 
a cessation of the dis 
August 7ih.--On board a tow-boat, bound for the 8. W. Pass, ob- 
served all the reg to 103 p. M. and saw only one conformable, and 
three sporadic meteo 
August 8th——At Pilotsville, S. W. Pass, with a perfectly clear sky 
‘ anc perfect horizon, I ohuerved two hours, without any satisfactory evi- | 
‘dence that the phenomenon is continuing. 
August 9th.—This night is the true anniversary of the August mete+ 
ors ;——being bissextile, the date is one day earli 
On board the steamship Crescent City, ‘enn the mouth of the Mis- 
sissippi, | commenced observation as the twilight faded, and soon was 
rewarded by the appearance of several brilliant meteors. The moon 
was very Date, obscuring stars of the third magnitude. In 24 hours 
observation on one-sixth of the heavens, I saw meteors, conforming 
to the radiant in Perseus, and four irregulars. 
ranklin Soule, editor of the as Orleans Mercury, a 
one hour, from 9 till 10 o’clock,—my own watch continuing till er 
11 Pp. m.,—with intervals of clouds. Probably one-third of the visible 
meteors were obscured by clouds. This estimate would indicate about 
che meteors visible in the whole hemisphere in the 24 hours’ a 5 a- 
on,—and in the absence of a moon, = less than 100 per hou 
> Rdaagriat 10¢h.—At three o’clock a. m., I rose for dalrntioa as the 
moon went down. The pilot of the A informed me that the rockets 
were shooting all the time I slept. It was obvious at once that the 
number was greater than when I retired. From this time till daylight, 
1? hours, I saw fifty-two conformable, and three sporadic meteors 
great number were very small, so that four of every five would have 
been invisible while the moon shone. 
ew was very limited,—not more than one-eighth of the heavens 
being visible. But this was in the direction of the radiant point. This 
with nucleus and train, eight were 10° Jong and four were 20° or more. 
No sounds were heard. Some blazed before expiring. One left a 
white train, which was fifteen seconds in — — The color was 
uniformly pale white, except a few blazing one 
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circle of about 3° radius, described from a center midway between the 
sword cluster, and 7 Persei; and a little N. W. of the line joining = i 
them, would include all or nearly all the intersections of paths t 
backward. I find it necessary to extend the area beyond my former 
limits of 4°, as several of the best marked meteors would o therwise be 
ce veral were seen to originate near 1h center of this area 
e, two or three degrees, and expire without leaving 
eirsdedtiniaes indicated. Two are recollected which moved wer pega 
