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gradually a bright reddish yellow, and the trains, even after the nuclei 

 became yellow, were generally green." 



- The writer in the ' Newcastle Chronicle', already mentioned, states that 

 the meteors " moved across the sky, leaving in their track, lines sometimes 

 of greenish light, and sometimes of a dull red colour." 



Mr. Howie tt, at Flimwell (Kent), states that " the nuclei were mostly 

 bluish white, except when near the horizon they appeared of an orange or 

 ruddy tint. The trains Avere generally of a greenish-white hue, except for 

 the last two degrees or so, which at the moment of explosion assumed a 

 ruddy appearance." 



Mr. Lowe reports, at Eeeston, near Nottingham, that " the great number 

 of large meteors, on the S.E. horizon up to 15° altitude, were mostly 

 orange-red, whilst those between Leo and the north were bluish white." 



Mr. J. Crompton states, at Norwich : — " The colours of the nuclei were 

 mostly white, blue, metaUic-green, and sometimes a coppery red. One 

 which I saw cross the foot of Ursa Major was marked as changing its 

 colour from whitish blue to red." 



An observer at Hawkhurst (Kent), reports that " the brighest colours, 

 whether of head or streak, appeared in those which were nearest to the 

 radiant-point. One brilliant one at that place, seen by four or five of us, 

 turned pure mauve [lilac] colour before it exploded." 



At Saragossa, in Spain, " The meteors all left a well-defined tail or track 

 of sparks of a pale bluish colour, and they finally exploded with a brilliant 

 white or yellow flame ; in some instances the flame appeared tinged on the 

 edges with a vivid emerald-green colom-, and others exhibited tints of pink 

 or crimson and blue." — (The Times, Nov. 19.) 



Mr. T. Crumplen states, in his report of observations made on Primrose 

 Hill with Mr. S. Wix : — " We saw a number of meteors diflcring in colour, 

 some of a gold or copper tint, some quite ruddy ; htit the very great majority 

 were brilliant white or blue, resembling the electric light. 



" The prevailing tinge of the trains was decidedly green." In his letter 

 to the ' Evening Standard (Nov. 15th), Mr. Crumplen also remarks, that 

 " the general colour of the nuclei was of a pale blue, while a brilliant pea- 

 green marked the trains." 



Amongst other observations at Cambridge, Professor Challis records, that 

 " a circumstance, which I had not noticed at the August period, was a blue 

 or green appearance of several of the trains, with heads of a ruddy colour. 

 Some few of the heads also were thought to be blue." — (Monthly Notices, 

 E.A.S., vol. xxvii. p. 77.) 



Mr. Greg, at Manchester, considers that " the prevalent colour of the 



meteors was a diiU white I saw one fine green one, with a defined 



disk, near the radiant-point, about 12'' 80™, which began with a brilliant 

 nucleus, and another crimson and green ; and I fancy that I occasionally 

 perceived a very slight bluish tinge in the trains." 



Mr. H. S. Heinecken, observing at Sidmouth, states that " almost invari- 

 ably the coloiu' of the head was ruddy. The trains of by far the greater 

 proportion were greenish blue ; some of them more intense greenish blue, 

 and more compact and less powdery than others. The green was not unlike 

 the combustion of silver by the galvanic current." 



At the Cape of Good Hope Observatory the shower was noticed by Sir 

 Thomas Maclear as consisting of " orange-coloured meteors, leaving streaks 

 of green, mingled with ordinary-looking shooting-stars." (Edinb. Quar- 

 terly Review for January 1867.) Mr. G. W. H. Maclear considered " the 



