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REPORT 1867. 



At Hawhhurst, Kent. — After midnight, on the morning of the 14th, the 



sky was nearly cloudless. One observer, looking towards the north, 



From 12'' 0" to 12'' 5" a.m., counted 25 meteors. 



From 12" 48™ to 12" 50| a.m., 



68 



Average 5 per min, 

 „ 27 



Flashes, like faint lightning behind a small cloud, occurred at 12'' 35'" a.m., 

 and another later on. A third was seen about 2'' 30"' a.m., which could not 

 be traced to any spot. 



At Cowes, Isle of Wight. — Report on the meteors of the 13th-14th of 

 November 1866. (" The Times," Nov. 16th.) 



At SichnotitJi, Devonshire. — Eeport of Mr. H. S. Heinecken on the meteor- 

 shower of the 13th-14th of November 1866. 



The sky was overcast, with freqiient showers, until 12'' 8"" a.m., and again 

 from a quarter before one to one o'clock. At one o'clock it cleared for about 

 ten minutes, and after this it only cleared again at intervals throughout the 

 night. Three observers looked due north, east, and south, through the closed, 

 sloping windows of an observatory, which exactly faced in those directions, 

 and obtained the following enumerations : — 



At 5'' 10'" a.m. the sky was suddenly illuminated by a flash of lightning ; 

 but the light was of longer dm-ation, and the meteor (if such was the cause 

 of it) was not seen. 



BafJmicJc HUJ, Bath, — Eeport of Mr. W. Dobson, on " Meteors observed 

 at Bath. Nov. 14th, 1866." 



