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August 13th.—A strict watch was not kept to-night; but the following 
meteors were seen by Mr. Lucas :— 
(3rd mag.) A very little to the east of Jupiter, southward. 
(5th mag.) From a Persei, eastward. 
(5th mag.) ,, a point between ¢ and a Pegasi, southward. 
G. M.T. 
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At 10 49 0 (2nd mag.) From Polaris to » Ursee Majoris. 
10 49 0 (8rd mag.) ,, Cassiopeia, southwards. - 
1050 O (Ist mag.) ,, below a Pegasi to a Capricorni. 
10 54 0 (2ndmag.) ,, Sagitta to a Aquile. 
11 0 O (istmag.) ,, a Andromede, past a Pegasi; a train. 
11 29 0 (8rdmag.) ,, A Bootis to y Bootis (Mr. Quirling). 
11 35 0 (2ndmag.) ,, 8 Pegasi to a Aquarii; a train. 
1l 37 O (4thmag.) ,, a Pegasi, in a south-easterly direction. 
1143 O (5thmag.) ,, Jupiter, southwards. 
1149 O (4thmag.) ,,  e Bootis, towards south horizon (Mr. Quirling). 
11 49 O (5thmag.) ,, y Pegasi, southward. 
11 54 0 (2ndmag.) ,, a Andromede to y Pegasi (Mr. Quirling). 
1159 O (4thmag.) ,, £8 Pegasi to Capella. 
12 6 O (1st mag.) ,, below Jupiter to east horizon; motion slow; a train. 
1211 O (5thmag.) ,, a Pegasi, southward; very rapid motion. 
1318 O (8rdmag.) ,, a Pegasi to a point between a Andromede and y Pegas 
(Mr. Quirling). 
13 20 0 (4thmag.) ,, £6 Arietis, northward, passing a Arietis; a train. 
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Rosert Mary, 
Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, 
August 15th, 1868. 
Dear Guatsner,—Enclosed is a list of meteors seen this evening; there 
were some twenty others (very small), which are not included. The meteors 
were most abundant between 102 p.m. and 10° 15™ p.m., and there were 
several points of convergence ; one in sword-handle of Perseus, and another 
slightly north of, and above Cassiopeia, accounted for most of the meteors. 
The paths were very short, of all meteors seen near these points; those 
meteors in Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and in south and south-west had 
yery long paths. All were blue or colourless, mostly intensely blue, and 
nearly all had streaks, were very rapid in their movements, and vanished 
instantaneously. During the last few days there have been several large 
meteors each evening between 9°15" p.m. and 10°15" p.m. From11"p.m., 
clouds and moonlight interfered much with the observations. The meteor at 
9" 58™ 50° was very remarkable. 
Believe me, 
Yours very truly, 
E, J. Lowe. 
Highfield House, Aug. 10, 1868. 
P.S. Evening of 10th cloudy; 11th, from 6" 4.m., thunder-storms and the 
breaking up of the drought, 2 inches of rain having fallen to-day. From 
11" p.m., stars for a time, but I saw no meteors.—E. J. L. 
Meteors seen at Highfield House, August 9th, 1868. 
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32 10 G. M.T. Started 1° north of a Cygni, passing 1° south of Vega, and ending at 
x Lyrzx. Intense blue ; long streak left, which faded rapidly. Size 
of Vega; moved rapidly. 
9 35 15 » From a Cygni, through ¢ Cygni, to 8 Delphini; very small ; colour- 
less; rapid. The direction almost at right angle to the last. 
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