STONES ^ALLfilf ON THE EARTH. Jg^ 



"paiTage in the origirial Perfian, he was fo obliging as to tranflate 

 it. 1 confider it as an authentic fa6l ; for the Emperor Jehan- 

 gire was not a prince on whom his courtiers would idly veiiture 

 to impofe ; and there can be little probability that an Aumll 

 of a diftricl fllould invent fuch a ftory, or be able to produce 

 a fubttance apparently like iron, but which, on trial, differed 

 from raanufa6lured iron. Colonel Kirkpatrick's tranflation I 

 have obtained his leave to communicate, with his atteftation, 

 to the Royal Society. 



Extrad from the Memoirs of the Emperor J ehangire, written (in 

 Ferfiun) htj himfdf, and tranjlated by Colonel Kirkpatrick. 



A. H. 1030, or 16th year of the reign. — The following is Narrative 

 among the extraordinary occurrences of this period. written by the 



Early on the 30lh of Furverdeen, of the prefent year *, and gi'Te^of a metamc 

 in the Eaftern quarter, [of the heavens] there arofe in one of ^°"^ that fell in 

 the villages of the Purgunnah of Jalindher f, fuch a great and ^ ^*" 

 tremendous noife as had nearly, by its dreadful nature, deprived 

 the inhabitants of the place of their fenfes. During this noife, 

 a luminous body [was obferved] to fall from above on the 

 earth, fuggefting to the beholders the idea that the firmament 

 was raining fire. In a (liort time, the noife having fubfided, 

 and the inhabitants having recovered from their alarm, a 

 courier was difpatched [by them] to Mahommed Syeed, the 

 Aumil X of the aforefaid Purgunnah, to advertife him of this 

 event. The Aumil, inilanfly mounting, [his horfej proceed- 

 ed to the fpot, [where tlie luminous body had fallen]. Here 

 be perceived the earth, to the extent of ten or twelve guz §, 

 in length and breadth, to be burnt to fuch a degree, that not 

 the leaft trace of verdure, or a blade of grafs remained ; nor 

 had the heat [which had been communicated to it] yet fub- 

 fided entirely. 



* The firil of Furverdeen of this year, (A. H. 1030,) cor- 

 refponded with Saturday, the 27th of Rubbi ul Akhjr j con- 

 fequently, the 30th of Furverdeen fell on the 26th of Jummad ul 

 Ouwul, or A. D. 1620, 



•f- A purgunnah is a territorial divlfion, of arbitrary extent. 

 The purgunnah o^ Jalindher is fituated in the Punjaub, and about 

 100 miles S. E. of Lahore. 



X Aumil is a manager or fiscal fuperlntendant of a diftriil. 



§ A guz is rather lefs than a yard, 



Mahommed 



