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(5.) Salisbury, JV. C. — See Dr. A. Smith's observations, No. 

 9, p. 378. 



(6.) Charleston, S. C. — The wind continued from N. E. during 

 the day (Wednesday) ; the air was chilly and raw, the thermometer 

 being depressed 15 or 16 degrees. (Charleston Courier.) 



The temperature of the day before, had been oppressive, the mer- 

 cury ranging as high as 78°. (Charleston Mercury.) 



(7.) Augusta, Geo. — The day had been very warm for the sea- 

 son of the year, and the atmosphere thick and smoky until sun set, 

 after which the thermometer fell rapidly, and the sky became perfect- 

 ly clear. Heavy frosts ensued. (Georgia Courier.) 



(8.) Buffalo. — The winds which had been very heavy for many 

 hours, had abated considerably, every vestige of clouds had disap- 

 peared, and the stars were shining through an unusually clear atmos- 

 phere. (Buffalo Journal.) 



(9.) Poland, Trumbull Co. Ohio. — The day previous was mild, 

 damp, and cloudy. At the approach of evening the weather became 

 clear, and so cold that before morning, the mud in the streets froze 

 sufficiently hard to bear the weight of a man. (Dr. Jared P. Kirt- 

 land's letter to Prof. Silliman.) 



The only exception we have met with to the fact under review, 

 occured in the northern parts of New England in the direction of 

 Montreal, where the sky was said to be overcast. 



(10.) A gentleman who was riding in the stage in St. Lawrence 

 Co. informs us, that, instead of a shower of meteors, he encounter- 

 ed a fall of snow. He however noticed frequent flashes of bright 

 light, and the stage driver remarked that it was strange that there 

 should be lightning during a snow storm. (New York Daily Adver- 

 tiser, Nov. 26.) 



2. Time and Duration. — The meteors began to attract notice 

 by their unusual frequency or brilliancy, from nine to twelve o^lock in 

 the evening, were most striking in their appearance, from two to Jive, 

 arrived at their maximum, in many places, about four o'clock, and 

 continued till rendered invisible by the light of day. 



(1.) Long Island Sound, Lon. 72°. — We are informed by a 

 gentlemen who was at the time on board a steam boat in Long Isl- 

 and Sound, that he first observed the meteoric bodies at 11 o'clock 

 in the evening, and continued to watch them till sunrise. (Bratlle- 

 boro', Ver. Independent Inquirer.) 



The pilot of the Steam Boat Providence, then on her way from 

 New York to Providence, watched this extraordinary spectacle from 

 its commencement, about 3 o'clock in the morning, till it disappeared 

 in the approaching light of the sun. (Professor Caswell.) 



