﻿hs. 



oz. 



gr. 



10 



12 



126 



9 



11 



219 



7 



14 



236 



1 



2 



412 





3 



79 





6 



70 



34 H. B. Medlicott — Beeorcl of the Khairpur Meteorite. [No. 2, 



It was received from Col. Ralph Young, R, E., Commissioner of Multan, 

 as having fallen near Mylsi, which is 12 miles from the nearest of the above 

 named places ; but the stone is probably one of those seven. The range 

 thus covered by the fall has a marked lineal direction, bearing 35° S. of E., 

 N. of W., with a length of sixteen miles and a breadth of about three. 



List of Specimens. 



A Lahore Museum, weight, 10 



B Indian Museum, 9 



C 5J J5 ' • • • 



D Geological Museum, 



E „ „ 



^ » ?j 



Total ..30 2 266 



The five first fell at Khairpur. In the letters forwarding B and C, 

 and D and E, separately, it is said " These stones were taken from several 

 pieces that fell in the neighbourhood of Khairpur :" and that they were 

 " found imbedded in the earth at a depth of about 1^ feet at various places, 

 about a mile and a half from Khairpur to the eastward, and about a mile 

 apart." F is the one from the Mylsi Pergunnah. 



All are very irregular in shape, and more or less broken. Some of 

 these fractures are evidently done by hand, others probably at the moment 

 of falling ; while several seem to have occurred during the fall, the glazing 

 being partially renewed. In two of the latter cases, the fracture forms a 

 nearly plain surface. 



Nothing exceptional is apparent in the composition of this Meteorite ; 

 it is a stone of the usual steel gray colour, and dense crypto-crystalline 

 texture. 



The specific gravity of F is 3.66. 



Several accounts of the appearance of the fall are appended : 



JSfote hj the Rev. G. Yeates, Chi^^ch Missionar?/ Society, Multan, received 

 through Majob Minciiin. 



1. " On the morning of the 23rd of September, 1873, at 5.10 a. m., a 

 meteor was observed from a spot about 12 miles south of Multan, in the 

 Punjab (Lat 29° 20' East, Long. 71° 40' or nearly so). 



" The observer was on the ground in the middle of a wide plain with 

 nothing to obstruct the view. Tlie morning was remarkably fine and clear, 

 the sky unclouded, there was a faint glow of light in the East, but the sun 

 was still about 45 minutes below the horizon. 



