134 Notice of Meteors. 
It is to be remarked, however, that comparatively few were seen 
near this point, by far the greater number averaging a distance of 
90° from it. On this account, I found it more difficult to designate 
the radiating point, than in November last, when J determined its 
place with considerable accuracy. On this occasion, (August 9th,) 
as near as could be ascertained, the center of radiation was not far 
from 55° R. A., 60° N. D., or near a point of a line from 8 to « Urs. 
Min. produced rather more than the distance between the two stars. 
These meteors in every respect, resembled those of November 
last, a large number having trains of some length and duration, and 
hardly less brilliant than on that occasion. 
From 8 until near 3 o’clock, between two and three hundred were 
seen. During the last hour the number seemed to diminish, and 
not having taken any precaution to ensure wakefulness, we were 
obliged to yield to the solicitations of Morpheus. 
The night was a favorable one for observation, and a curious coin- 
cidence is to be remarked in the fact that the same sort of lightning 
was visible in the northeast, as in November last. A shower had 
passed over us in the afternoon, but as this had not been the case on 
the former occasion, I am inclined to suspect some connexion be- 
tween the appearances. ‘There was a close resemblance to what is 
commonly called heat-lightning, though this appeared farther from 
the horizon. 
In the early part of the evening, the attention of a numerous party 
was directed to the heavens, and I found that when each observer 
selected a separate portion, the number noticed was greatly in- 
creased : from this I judge that a large number escaped notice. 
In the various notices of meteors in your Journal, I recollect but 
a slight mention of their appearance in 1832. 
I was not aware that I had seen them myself, until the latter end 
of the year 1834, when, describing to a friend a beautiful display of 
meteors that I had witnessed off Pernambuco, in a voyage home from 
Buenos Ayres, the resemblance to the meteors of 1833, (as descri- 
bed to me,) for'the first time struck my attention. I turned to my 
journal, and found to my surprise and delight that the minute of their 
appearance was made on the morning of November 18th, as being 
viewed during the previous night. 
The notice is to the following effect: that numerous meteors of 
exceeding brightness and beauty were seen, the least of them being 
more brilliant than Jupiter, then not far from opposition. Many of 
