A CATALOQUfi Of OBS2aVATlONS OJ' LUMlNoUs METEORS. 281 



" Travelled from "Worcester to Morton on Thursday last" [Nov. 4th] " with 

 a lady and gentleman who reside at Morton. They told me that on Wednes- 

 day last [Nov. 3rd] about 3 o'clock, they were walking from their residence 

 at Morton to call on some friends nt Toddenham, when they saw a most 

 brilliant meteor which fell to the earth about a furlong from them. They 

 described the light from the meteor as extremely bright and white, the sun 

 shining brightly at the same time. They did not hear any noise from the 

 motion of the meteor. The gentleman said he thought that he should be 

 able to find the spot where the meteor fell, and promised to take two of his 

 men to search for some relic." 



The meteor was also observed at Southam, South Warwickshire, as a large 

 fiery body, travelling in the direction of the wind (which was from W.S.W. : 

 SCO Weather Repoits). — ' Birmingham Gazette,' November 7th. 



Bolides observed in France, 1868-G9. 



M. A. Guillemin, author of the French work on Astronomy ' Le Ciel,' 

 communicates the following notes of observations of large meteors contained 

 in the Numbers of the weekly ' Bulletins ' of the ' French Association for the 

 Advancement of Science,' of which two annual volumes, under the active 

 presidency of M. Le Verrier, have now appeared : — 



No. 



18G8. Sept. 5th.— Notes by Messrs. Denza and Schiaparelli 108 



1869. Jan. 1st. — Swedish aerolite, observed at Stockholm, Upsala,&c. 105 

 „ Feb. 2nd. — Bolide at Bordeaux : M. Rousanne \ 



„ Feb. 8th. „ Nancy : M. A. Tissot / ^^^ 



„ Feb. 24th. „ MarseiUes : M. BoreUy "1 



„ March 2nd. „ Bordeaux: M. llousanne J 



„ April 28th. „ Pont Pierre (Moselle) : M. Eichard . . 120 

 „ May 22nd. — Aerolitic meteor observed at L' Orient and Vannes. 



Fall of stones at Clcguerec ". 123 



„ May 22nd. — Fragments presented to the French Association ]24 

 „ May 22nd. — Details of observation at Vannes : M. Arrondeau 120 

 „ May 31st. — Bolide at Paris : M. Eobinet (see Catalogue) . . 124 

 „ May 31st. — Seen also at Albert (Somme) ; M. Comte ; and 



at Pontarme, near Seulis 126 



„ June 17th, 8'^ 34'" P.M. — Bolide at Marseilles: M. Borelly. 



Seen also at Narboune and Ais-les-Bains ibid. 



„ June l/th. — The same at Annecy (Savoy), at Montpellier, 



Perigueux, and Sarlat (Dordogne) 127 



„ June 18th, l** 12"' and P 50™ a.m.— Two Bolides observed 



. at Marseilles : M. Borelly 126 



In the ' Zeitschrift der osterreichischen Gesellschaft fiir Meteorologie,' 

 vol. iii., large meteors are recorded as having been observed at certain 

 places in Germany during the nights of the 17th of September and 17th and 

 26th of October, 1868. 



In continuation of his former list, Mr. Greg has added tho following sup- 

 plementary Catalogue of large meteors observed in recent years to the nu- 

 merous records of such occurrences contained in the Appendix of the last 

 Report (for 1868), and collected in similar lists in the Reports for 1860 and 

 1867. 



1869. u 



