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REPORT 1861. 



Date. 



1861 



July 7 



16 

 16 



h m 

 10 30 p.m. 



10 50 p.m. 

 approximate 



time. 

 Before 11 



p.m. 



16 



16 



16 



18 



Hour. 



Appearance and 

 Magnitude. 



p.m. 



11 33 p.m 



Large 



Brightness 

 and Colour. 



Brilliant 



= 4 times the size of Yellowish. 

 1st mag. *. 



Large 



Resembled a signal 

 rocket of large size. 



20 



Aug. 6 



11 40 p.m. Magnificent meteor... 

 11 30 p.m. Fine, like a rocket ... 



9 p.m. 

 9 50 p.m. 



11 42 p.m. 



2 > Venus 



= 1st mag. * ; a very 

 fine meteor. 



Small, but bright 



Blue 

 White 



Blue 



Train or Sparks. 



Sparks emitted during the 

 whole of the course. 



Splendid train. 



None, but one large spark 

 was given off just before 

 it was lost sight of. 



Burst 



A brilliant train 



Leaving a thin pencil of 

 light. 



Long and brilliant train. 



None 



Velocity or 

 Duration. 



5 to 6 seconds. 



11 seconds 



5 minutes 



20 to 30 seconds.' 



4 seconds. 



Almost momenta 



