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REPORT — 1867. 



At Flimwell, Hurstgreen, Sussex. — Mr. Howlett obtained au niiinterruptecl 

 view of the shower from an elevated situation near his residence, with a per- 

 fect view of the horizon on all sides. The numbers which he reckoned, 

 although higher than those of the foregoing estimates, were fairly counted, 

 and indicate the time of the maximum with considerable precision. Two 

 observers looking towards opposite cUrections counted aloud to prevent redu- 

 plication, and as each counting of meteors was registered, the time by a chro- 

 nometer was taken as nearly as possible. The error of the chronometer, if 

 any, can hardly have exceeded one minute. 



The numbers projected on a curve (fig. 1) show that the observer's station 

 traversed the richest portion of the zone of meteors between l"" 2™ and l"" 10'" 

 A.M. on the morning of the 14th of November 1866; and that lesser max- 



* From this time attention was almost exchisi vely confined to merely counting the meteors 

 without continuing to record their apparent paths amongst the stars. 



t These 500 were counted hy one observer during the other's absence. Two observers 

 might have counted 1000, or 53 per minute. 



I Began again to have tiine to record the apparent paths of the meteors amongst the 

 stars. 



