﻿38 H. B. Medliooti —Becot^d of the Khairpur Meteorite. [No. 2, 



and contrasted remarkably with the dark background of the sky, which it 

 did not illuminate. 



" The train left behind remained very bright for some time and gradually 

 faded. It was evidently affected by the wind, as it first broke up into a 

 heavy irregular line, then into small detached clouds, which remained 

 visible for upwards of an hour afterwards, and only disappeared when the 

 brightness of the sun rendered them indistinct. 



" This month has been very prolific in small meteors. I have noticed 

 them in greater numbers than usual, but this one exceeds anything I have 

 ever witnessed. On getting to Shujabad, 12 miles distant, I found that 

 the noise had aroused many ; some saw it, but it was difficult to judge 

 fi'om the description given whether it appeared more over-head or not. 

 What I have heard of it here too, since my return, is too vague to form 

 any opinion from. Perhaps other accounts of it may throw light on its 

 extent, &c." G. 



" Bliawidpore State, 24ith Septemler. 



*' Sir, — On the morning of 23rd September, at 5 a. m., the following 

 phenomenon was observed on the Chenab left bank, some sixty miles south- 

 west of Bhawulpore. A luminous globe suddenly appeared under a clear 

 sky, which lighted up the earth, in the full blaze of sun-light. The electric 

 globe shot across towards the north-east over about sixty degrees of space, 

 and seemingly was not more than a few hundred yards above the earth, 

 when it disappeared in a shower of shooting stars. But six or seven 

 minutes must have elapsed before the sound of its explosion was heard, 

 which was a double detonation like the discharge of two heavy pieces of 

 artillery close together, followed by loud and prolonged reverberation. Then 

 all was still. The sun rose and the morning was fresh and the breeze cooler 

 than usual at this time of year, giving the idea to the observers who were 

 bound for the " Happy Hunting G-rounds," that the blazing phenomenon 

 had cleared the atmosphere in a remarkable manner. According to the 

 lapse of time above noted, between the disappearance of the fire globe and 

 the sound of its explosion, its fragments may have struck the earth from 77 

 to 91 miles off, somewhere between the Chenab and Sutlej rivers. 



SHIKAEEE." 



These few and superficial data are recorded for the information of 

 experts in the phenomena of meteorites. This fall seems specially remarkable 

 for the very oblique direction of its course to the earth's surface. 



