320 Notice of several Meteors. 



vivid appearance, caused many persons to close their eyes, 

 rendering candles for an instant perfectly useless. 



The Oxford (Chenango) Gazette says, it resembled a 

 tall of fire, the apparent diameter of which was about six 

 feet ; and that it was more brilliant than the most vivid 

 flashes of lightning, or even the meridian sun. 



The Herkimer paper observes, that an explosion was 

 heard from the south, about four minutes after the meteor 

 passed, which resembled the discharge of four or five pie- 

 ces of artillery. 



A writer in the Sangersfield, Oneida, Intelligencer, 

 says : — 



" After passing almost in a direction from north to south, 

 for the space of half a mile, it passed me, as near as I could 

 judge, about three hundred yards, when it burst with a vi- 

 olence which seemed to throw all nature into convulsions. 

 It discharged its massy balls of electric fire in every direc- 

 tion, when all disappeared before they reached the ground; 

 leaving in its train an astonishing mass of livid fire, which 

 remained after the explosion, for the space of ten minutes, 

 and then gradually disappeared hke the rain bow.'' 



The Sentinel (printed at Saratoga Springs) says : — 



" A very large and brilliant meteor passed near this vil- 

 lage on Saturday last in the direction of southwest. The 

 light produced, for a few seconds, was sufficient to enable 

 many of the inhabitants to discern, in their dwellings, the 

 most minute objects. A report, like the sound of distant 

 thunder, succeeded." 



It was seen about 10 o'clock, at Ballston Spa, and a pa- 

 per printed in that village, says, its light was so intense 

 " as to arrest persons walking as if they had received an 

 electric shock. At an elevation of about 10 degrees it gave 

 out corruscations like a beautiful rocket — leaving a lumin- 

 ous train, and on its disappearance, two and some say three, 

 reports were heard." 



The Montreal Herald, thus notices the meteor as seen at 

 that place. 



" As two gentlemen were walking down St. Paul-street 

 about half past 9 o'clock last Saturday night, their attention 

 was attracted by a flash of light thai illuminated the atmos- 

 phere, notwithstanding the radiance of a full moon. As it 

 apparently proceeded from the south side of the river, and 



