286 Astronomy. 
Midn. to 14 a. m. (10th), E. 42 37 ¢. 
ws 30 27 
N.N. W. 26 
— 98 — 86 
1h to Qh E. 53 44 
Ss. W. 26 24 
N.N. W. 31 
— 110 — 92 
2h to 2h 30m E. 22 16 
aw. 14 10 
N. N. W. 13 9. 
— 49 — 35 
During the night of Friday, the 10th, the sky was somewhat embar- 
rassed by clouds during the whole period, about one-sixth part being on 
an average obscured. Observers: Prof. Alexander C. ‘Twining, Mr 
Francis Bradley, Mr. Ch. D. Seropyan. Different meteors seen, 4wo 
hundred and ninety, as follows: 
10h 30™ to 11h p.m, N.N.E. 11, of which 7 conformable. 
. 1 14 
> 
S. E. iD 14 
—— 45 — 35 
114 to midn., N.N.E. 40 34 
W. 34 27 
S. E. 35 26 e 
— 109 — 87 
Midn. to 12 a.m, (11th), N.N.E. 53 AT 
Ww. 32 26 
S. E. 51 AT 
— 136 — 120 
able. Professor Twining watching alone, and having the sword-handle 
of Perseus in the centre of his field of view, observed from 1 55™ to 
3 a. m. of the 12th, fifty-eight meteors, of which forty-five were con- 
formable. The visible courses were shorter than on the two previous 
nights, and fewer trains were left. 
The night of the 12th wasalsoclear. Prof. Twining, watching alone, 
from 15 30™ to 2h 45™ a.m. of 13th, observed thirty-six meteors, of 
which twenty appeared to diverge from the constellation Perseus, and 
eight from some point near the zenith. 
Tuesday night (14th) was nearly clear. Between 1» 10™ and 2" 10" 
A.M. (15th) observations were made by myself with Charles C. Herrick, 
and thirty-three different shooting stars were seen, viz, 16 in N.N. E. 
and 17 in the west. Of these most were so remote that the place of 
radiant could not be well determined. Of a few the divergent point 
