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he pass, and deeming ourselves secure, the whole division 
abandoned itll to the profoundest slee 
“From this sleep we were all simultaneously awakened at about two 
e’clock in the morning ; and as if’actuated by electricity, each individ- 
ual of ng division (about 1400 men) sprung on his feet at the same 
moment. An aérolite was falling. The light that accompanied it was 
es Noida description. It fell in an oblique direction, probably at 
angle of about 60° with the earth, and its course was from east to 
west. 
“Its appearance was that of an oblongated sphere of fire, and its 
tract from the sky was marked by a fiery streak, gradually fading in 
the falling body, and afterwards it eon ponnathinge of a short whirl- 
wind. At the same time I ont my companions all agreed that we had 
experienced a violent electric shock; but probably this sensation may 
have been but the effect on our drowsy senses of the ——— in- 
tense light and noise. e spot where it fell was about one hundred | 
pass, foteed us to Senden it to continue our march. I may mention, 
that, at the time of its fall, the sky above us was beautifull ; dost and 
the stars were perhaps more than usually bright; there had been sheet 
aightaing the previous evening. 
“T neve wards had an opportunity of revisiting the Mocorita, 
off a small piece o 
2. Hard Guano of Monks Island ; by Ax Sxowpen Precor, (from 
a letter to one of the Editors),—I was not a little surprised to read Pro- 
fessor Shepard’s views of the hard guanos. There is no trap rock at all 
about the majority of the ‘beds wee oe ea It covers ordinary 
