4 



REPORT — 1861. 



Date. 



1860 

 July 13 



15 or 16 



25 

 29 



Aug. 4 



20 



Oct. 13 



15 



20 



Hour. 



h m 

 10 10 p.m. 



11 p.m. 



FromlOp.m. 

 till 1 a.m. 

 of 26th. 



9 28 p.m. 



16 a.m 



9 45 p.m, 



9 p.m 



1 22 a.m 



6 45 p.m. 



Appearance and 

 Magnitude. 



= 1st mag. *, aud 

 twice as bright. 



About the size of the 

 full moon ; oblong. 



Small 



Like a dark perpen- 

 dicular line. 



= 2nd mag. * . 



2nd mag. * , 



About i the size ofjWLite 

 the moon. 



About the size of 

 Venus. 



Splendid meteor . 



Brightness 

 and Colour. 



Intensely blue 



Train or Sparks. 



No separate streak; disap- 

 peared instantaneously. 



Colourless 



Blue. 



Blue, enve 

 loped in a 

 white mist. 



Brilliant 



Long tail, somewhat re- 

 sembling a rocket. 



None 



Red sparks 



Tail like a rocket, and 

 with reddish sparks. 



Light train . 

 Long streak. 



Velocity or 

 Duration. 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Instantaneous . 



About 1 second 



Slow. 



3 or 4 seconds...... 



0*5 second .... 

 5 or 6 seconds. 



