of) 0)1 the Iron Metearite 



M. Arcimis, in Madrid, wrote tliat he b;id counted 50 stars ])er 

 minute at the maximum* liour of the falh 



At Liege, ^\. Hebert saw among the multitude of meteors, 

 one that, upon reaching star 41, of Aries, suddenly changed its 

 c )urse and left a luminous trail which lasted 12 minutes. ^\. 

 Diipuy, at Nyon (Drome), made the same observation. 



At Prague, M. Zenger counied 14,000 meteors. 



At Argel, M. Dupart states that the phenomenon commenced 

 on the 26th. 



At Tunis, M. Denisson fixes the maximum at 7 P. M. 



At Suez, M. Boi'glietti mentions that the stars seemed to fall 

 fiom the zenith like snow. 



At Constantinople, M. Xaviogordato states that the rain cf 

 stars was observed there and also at Athens, Smyrna and Jeru- 

 salem, in its full magnificence. 



The French observers are all in accord as to the beauty of the 

 display and the ^josition of the radial point. We will refer prin- 

 cipally to M. Lange de Ferrieres, at Eupt y Courtois in Muges; 

 Haizeaux, at Guincourt ; Eiveau, at Grenouille ; Fedesche, at 

 Aubenas; Bachelier, at Civray ; Kouchet, at La Roche-sous-Bri- 

 an9on ; Gully, at Rouen ; Michel, at Mave ; Bouge, at Nantes ; 

 HiUaire, at Vendeuvre ; Annoy, at Montauban, etc. 



In America, the phenomenon Avas also observed. Sr. Felipe 

 A. Labadie, Mexican Consul atNogales, Arizona, (Longitude 110° 

 47' West of Greenwich ; Latitude 31° 30' Xorth), states that 

 '• on the 27th he saw^ a fine shower of falling stars, and in twenty 

 minutes (from 9h. 40m. to 10 P. M.), he counted 115. Without 

 exception they came from Andromeda." 



In Caracas (Venezuela), M. J. M. Zebar writes me, "there 

 weie a great many meteors seen here on the 27th, all proceeding 

 fi-oni Andromeda. They began 6h. 38m., P. M."' 



In fact, the phenomenon was noted all over the w^orld, and it 

 would be useless to cite further observations. 



I will only add what was recorded in the ''Revue Mensuelle 

 d'Astronomie populaire" (Paris, Flammarion, February, 1886): 

 — ''The rain of shooting-stars of the 27th of ^N'ovember, 1885." 



"We may add materially to the numerous notices which we 

 published in our last number. We do not wish, however, to be 

 too prolix regarding these observations, which but confirm one 



