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262 Dr. Walter Flight — History of Meteorites. 



played great brilliancy, and that a double detonation followed after 

 an interval of six or seven minutes. 



One of the meteorites fell close to a man who had gone out into 

 the jungle for the purpose of nature, and frightened him so much 

 that he hardly knew what occurred, and was under the impression 

 that the stone pursued him for two hours. He showed the spot 

 where it fell, however, and this was the first fragment unearthed and 

 forwarded by the Tuhsildar of Khairpur to Major Minchin, Political 

 Agent for Bhawalpur. 



The stones fell partly in the State of Bhawalpur and partly in the 

 Multan district, on either bank of the Sutlej, over an area extending 

 16 miles in a direction bearing 85° S. of E., with a breadth of about 

 three miles. The largest and perhaps the greater number fell to the 

 eastward of Khairpur, and penetrated the earth to the depth of about 

 1^ feet. They are preserved in the following collections in India, 

 and weigh respectively : — 



Grs. 

 126 

 219 

 236 

 412 

 79 



Of those stones or fragments that fell on the Multan side seven 

 have been heard of: four at different spots near Gogewala well, 

 E.S.E. of Mahomed Moorut ; two at Khurampur, on the right bank of 

 the Sutlej ; and one at Araoli, two miles N. W. of Khurampur. Of 

 these one only is in known hands, that from Mylsi Pergunnah, which 

 weighs 6 oz. 70 grs. 



The account of the physical characters of the stones is very meagre. 

 They are all very irregular in form, and are more or less broken. 

 While some of the fractures have evidently been accomplished by 

 hand, and others probably took place at the moment of falling, 

 several appear to have occurred during the fall, as the glazed surface 

 has been partially renewed. The stones are of the usual steel-grey 

 colour, and exhibit compact crypto-crystalline texture. One specimen 

 has the specific gravity = 3*66. 



1873, December. — Coomassie, Kingdom of Ashantee, Africa. 1 



In a letter from the War Correspondent of The Standard it is 

 stated that among the portents of evil which were observed at 

 Coomassie while the British Army halted on the banks of the Prah, 

 an aerolite fell in the market-place of Coomassie. In reply to an 

 application for further details respecting this event, Mr. Henty 

 writes that he obtained his information from one of the clergymen 

 of the Basle Mission. He says : " They mentioned these ' prodigies ' 

 as matters of common rumour and belief at Coomassie, but they do 

 not appear to have even made any inquiries whatever as to their 

 truth. Coomassie was deserted when we got there, so there was no 

 opportunity of gaining further information." 



1 G. A. Henty. March to Coomassie. London : Tinsley Bros. 1874, page 320. 



