318 Observations on the Shooting Sta?'s of August, 1844. 



The night of the 11th was clear. Observers: — Messrs. H. C. 

 Birdseye, J. A. Dana, J. 0. MulUkin, W. M. Smith. J. B. Walker, 

 and myself. We stationed ourselves on the Hospital a little be- 

 fore 10 o'clock. During most of the night there was but one 

 observer to a quadrant ; and on the whole, I estimate that the 

 number of meteors observed was not more than a tenth greater 

 than would have been noted by four observers. Due care was 

 taken, as heretofore, to prevent the same meteor from being feck- 

 oned more than once. The following summary shows the num- 

 ber of different shooting stars observed. 



