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16. Each specimen should be wrapped securely in a separate pa- 
per, and packed tightly in a box, so that it may not be rubbed and 
injured by transportation from one part of the country to another. 
17. It is important that rock specimens and fossil remains should 
be taken from ledges of rocks in their natural position and not from 
loose masses. . 
18. Soils should be taken from a depth of about 8 inches below 
the surface. 
19. The name of the county, township, and the estate, should be 
distinctly marked on a small label, which should be enclosed in the 
wrapper of the specimen. 
W. W. Martuer, 2 Committee in behalf of 
T. A. Conran,  § the board of Geologists. 
Arr. XI.—Notice of the Meteors of the 9th and 10th of August, 
1837, and also of Nov. 12th and 13th, 1832; by Grorcr C. 
Scuarrrer, of New York. 
TO THE EDITOR. 
Havine had the good fortune to witness another “ meteoric dis- 
play,” and one which, as far as I can ascertain, has not been gener- 
ally noticed, I furnish you with the result of my observations, which 
if not rendered valueless by some other and better notes on the same 
subject, by some of our citizens, are entirely at your service. 
Since November last, when I observed the annual appearance of 
the 12th and 13th, (a short and hastily written notice of which I 
made for one of our papers, and which was copied into your Journal,) 
I have constantly watched the meteors of nightly occurrence, with 
reference to their direction and number. At the expiration of the 
six months when it was thought that a return might be expected, 
particular attention was paid, but few or none were seen ; the nights, 
however, were cloudy, and unfavorable for observation. 
For two or three weeks previous to the 9th of August, a large 
number was seen, chiefly radiating from some point in a line from 
Vega, to the point mentioned below. 
About 8 o’clock on the evening of the 9th, my attention was di- 
rected to several meteors, which, notwithstanding the bright moon- 
light, were very conspicuous. Following up the usual observations 
upon direction, it was soon found that there was a common center 
of radiation. 
