PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 147 



11. 



W. Allan, McDonogh's Institute, near Owing's Mills P O 

 (12 miles northwest of Baltimore), Baltimore, Maryland, p. 79. 



3. First in the southwest ; last, further west 



4. First, 45° ; last, 25°. 



5. Shadows overcame moonlight and gaslight ; the diameter 



not much less than the moon ; left bright train behind it 

 7. No noise heard. 



9 



12. 



EL. HuNTT, Mattawoman, Charles Co., Maryland, pp. 33 

 and 34. > j > if " 



1. About 8 P. M. 



2. 2 or 3 seconds. 



3. First in the southeast; last in the northwest. 

 ^ ^ Just as it disappeared, followed by a rumbling sound like 



the firing of cannon. 



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13. 



R. L. Brackett, Western Maryland College, Westminster, 

 Carroll Co., Maryland, pp. 247-249, 257-259, Reliable. 



3. Some time before disappearance it bore south 30° west ; and 



by another person, south 33° west, at the time of disap- 

 pearance ; and by a third, less reliable, 29°. 



4. Just before disappearance, 12°. 



5. Half size of full moon. 



6. 127 seconds. 



14. 



Prop. R. L. Brackett and others (Western Maryland Col- 

 lege), Westminster, Carroll Co., Maryland, pp. 247-249. Less 



1. 7.45, or 7.50 P. M. 



2. 4 or 5 seconds. 



3. First in the southwest by west ("or 60°) 



4. First 40°. ^" 



5. Much brighter than full moon ; of a bluish tint, red steel- 



blue, and white heat ; shape of head an elongated ball 

 followed by a bright train. 



6. 2 minutes. 



1. Very distinct, like a cannon discharge, followed by a series 

 of sounds for two or three seconds. 



