338 On the Meteors of 13th November, 1833. 
remained in sight several minutes. One of these which was borne 
east as if by the wind, was seen at New Haven in the northwest by 
Prof. Olmsted and is described by him (vol. xxv p. 366; ) another 
certainly, and perhaps more than one, also borne east by the wind, is 
described as seen in Ohio by Mr. Riddel (p. 377; ) a third, in N. 
Carolina, was seen in the south by Dr. Smith (p. 379; ) and a fourth 
was seen east of south in Louisiana, near Fort Jesup, by Mr. Peter 
Peterson, and is described by Dr. Leavenworth, in a letter to Prof. 
Olmsted. | 
From other letters which the gentleman last named has put into 
our hand we extract two deseriptions which contain facts that ought 
not to be lost and the reading of which may induce persons who 
saw the like, or who saw other remarkable trains in the sky, to 
put down in writing what they did see and commit the facts to some 
gentleman of science who can make use of them for valuable purpo- 
Ses. 
The following is extracted from a letter written by Mr. E. Wade, 
dated Union Ville, Geauga Co. Ohio, Dec. 24th, 1833. ‘ Another 
peculiarity was the luminous train left behind the larger meteors 
for some seconds, and in one (and I presume the largest which could 
have been seen during the time of my observation) for a space of from 
five to ten minutes. 1 was particular in the observation of this. It 
started from near the zenith and shot off nearly north west to within 
perhaps fifteen degrees of the horizon, illumining the whole heavens 
“above the brightness of the sun” for afew seconds. ‘The lumin- 
ous train of this meteor (distinctly visible for five minutes) was prob- 
ably not less than forty degrees in length. It began gradually to 
bend from the point towards the zenith eastwardly until, while it was 
distinctly to be seen, the upper half (for the angle was formed about 
the middle) formed a right angle with the lower half of the train, 
and in this position gradually “anioned A 
Mr. James Sperry, in a letter dated Henrietta, Monroe Co. N. Y. 
writes, —* The large ball which you describe as having shot off in a 
N. W. direction, resembled one which I saw at fifteen minutes past 
five, moving tothe S. W. This left a streak of light apparently as 
broad as the moon, and extending at least 30° of the arch of the heav- 
ens, that was visible three minutes, shining at first with such splendor 
that small objects on the earth could be as easily distinguished as at the 
full of the moon: it was straight at first; but, after continuing 
about one minute, contracted and crooked in the middle—the bend 
