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the hills but amongst the clouds, just as is the case with thunder. 

 It was difficult to say which were the reports, and which the echoes. 

 There certainly could not have been fewer than four or five actual 

 reports. During the time that the sound lasted, the ground trembled 

 and shook convulsively. 



4. From the different accounts of three distinct eye-witnesses, there 

 appears to have been observed a flame of fire described as about two 

 feet in depth and nine feet in length, darting in an oblique direction 

 above the Station after the first explosion had taken place. The 

 meteoric , flash was said to be N. N. W. to S. S. E. Fragments of 

 aerolite fell in the same direction at the following places : — 



In the ravine below the Dhurmsalla Kotwallee at the Village Sadeir. 

 On the Barrack hill close to the Convalescent Depot. 

 At the River Guj four miles from the Kotwallee. 



On the Parade ground of the Sheredil Police Battalion between the 

 graveyard and the Native Distillery. 



In the Village of Kerayree on the hill to the right of the Station 

 looking towards the plains and at the Bowarna Thannah. 



It must be noted that Kerayree, the Barrack hill, the Kotwallee 

 Kudd, the Graveyard and Bowarna are in one direct line from N.N.W. 

 to S. S. E. 



5. Specimens from each of the above localities have been brought 

 into the station. 



6. It is said that meteoric stones fell likewise in the following 

 places, but no specimens have been received from them. At Kunhiya 

 near the slate quarries, at Madhopore, and at Bissowlee on the Ravee, 

 and in parts of Chumba and Rhilloo. I am making further enquiries 

 with regard to these places. 



7. The stones as they fell hurried themselves from a foot to a foot 

 and a half in the ground, sending up a cloud of dust in all directions. 



8. Most providentially no loss of life or property has occurred. 



9. Some Coolies passing close to where one fell, ran to the spot, 

 to pick up the pieces. Before they had held them in their hands half 

 a minute they had to drop them owing to the intensity of the cold 

 which quite benumbed their fingers. 



10. This, considering the fact that they were apparently, but a 



