426 REPORT— 1868. 
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9 36 10 G.M.T. Started at Polaris, and moved to within 20’ of » Urse Majoris. 
Very rapid; Ist-mag. star; pale blue; exceedingly long streak. 
(Conyergent-point Cassiopeia.) 
942 0 » From p Cassiopeix to y Andromedx ; equal 2nd-mag. star ; rapid ; 
blue. 
9 46 50 . From é to near y Cassiopeiz ; between these two stars, but not ex- 
tending to either ; very small and rapid; blue. (Convergent-point 
sword-handle of Perseus.) 
949 3 »» Second mag. star; long streak. From the star No. 43 Andromedz 
(24° above 6 Andromedz), and ended 3° below a Andromede. 
(Convyergent-point sword-handle of Perseus.) 
9 52 4 » Crossing 6 Andromede to y Pegasi; equal 3rd-mag. star; rapid ; 
long pale blue streak. (Convergent-point sword-handle of 
Perseus.) 
56 40 » From p Cassiopeix, across Andromeda, to south; small. 
56 42 » From just below the last, and in same direction ; both equal 3rd- 
mag. star, with faint streaks. (Point of convergence of both 3° 
above sword-handle of Perseus.) 
9 58 50 » Im sword-handle of Perseus, a meteor appeared and disappeared 
without moving, like a blue flash of distant lightning, not more 
than 40' in diameter. 
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10 0 0 = Rapid; across a Pegasi, down towards south horizon. 
10! “5°25 » From e Pegasi, across e Aquarii; equal 2nd-mag. star; long blue 
[=B.*10" 6™] streak ; very rapid. 
10 6 30 ay Small; across Pisces, moving from north to south. 
10 6 50 » From slightly north of a Cygni across 7 Pegasi; long streak. 
10 8 30 » Passed just above 7 Pegasi towards south ; very rapid ; long streak. 
(Convergent-point above and north of Cassiopeia.) 
10 10 40 », Across y Cygni, from direction of a point 5° above x Cassiopeiz. 
10 12 40 » 9 below Delphinus. (Convergent-point 5° above y Cassiopeiz.) 
[=B.108 13™] 
10 18 55 »  dustabove 7 Pegasi, downwards towards south. (Same convergent- 
point.as the last). Large and long streak; blue. 
1017 2 »,  Bqual twice a Ist-mag. star; intense blue; long streak; very rapid; 
[50s tony from z Pegasi, down towards south. (Convergent-point same as 
last.) (Some cloud for twenty minutes.) 
10 45 40 » Moved from north of Prasepe towards north horizon; very short 
path. 
10 46 O » From Cassiopeia, passed under Polaris, passing between 6 and ¢ 
[?=B. 105 4737] Ursx Majoris; above size of Ist-mag. star ; blue; very long streak. 
(Convergent-point above Cassiopeia.) 
10 56 20 ss Equal Ist-mag. star; very blue streak; from 30° above north hori- 
zon, falling nearly perpendicularly down, slightly inclining west. 
(Convergent-point sword-handle of Perseus.) 
Ji Tro » From under Polaris, across Ursa Major, from direction of sword- 
handle of Perseus. : 
11 3 45 » A very large globe meteor (six times the size of Jupiter) ; blue; from 
10° below a Aquilx; fell down the Milky Way, leaving a long 
train of separate sparks, which lingered after the meteor had 
vanished. (H. L. P. Lowe.) (More clouds of phosphorescent 
cirri.) 
11 56 40 » From a Cygni, perpendicularly down, to near west-south-west ho- 
rizon ; duration only 3". 
12 0 2 » Equal 2nd-mag. star; colourless; crossing Draco, from the direc- 
[?=B. 122 2™] tion of Cassiopeia. 
13 43 35 Equal Ist-mag. star; from Altair, towards south horizon, with a long 
blue train, 
* Meteors marked thus, B., are regarded as identical with meteors simultaneously 
observed at Birmingham (see Catalogue); and their real heights are recorded in the 
Table of Appendix I, 
