6 Silliman and Kingsley on the Weston Meteor of 1807. 
The hole exhibited marks of much violence, ei turf being 
very much torn, and thrown about to some distanc 
We searched several hours for the stone, bth was heard to 
fall on the hill, but without success, Since that time, however, 
it has been discovered. It is unbroken, and exactly corresponds 
in appearance with the other specimens, It weighs 362 pounds,.* 
It is probable that the five stones last described were all pry 
jected at the second explosion. 
III. At the third explosion a mass of stone far exceeding the 
united weight of all we have hitherto described, fell in a field 
belonging to Mr. Elijah Seeley, and within thirty rods of his 
ho Mr. Seeley’s is at the distance of about four miles from 
Mr, Prince’s, Mr. Elihu Staples lives on the hill, at the bottom 
of = this body fell, and careiilly observed the whole phe- 
nomen 
After. the last explosion, he says, a rending noise like that 
of a whirlwind passed along to the east of his house and imme- 
diately over his orchard, which is on the declivity of the hill. 
At the same instant a streak of light passed over the orchard in 
a large curve, and seemed to pierce the ground. A shock was 
~~ and a report heard like that of a heavy body falling to the 
; but no conception being entertained of the real cause 
ior no one in this vicinity, with whom we have conversed, 
appeared to have ever heard of the fall of stones from the skies), 
it was supposed that lightning had struck the ground. Three 
or four hours after the event, Mr. Seely went into his field to 
look after his cattle. He found that some of them had leaped 
into the adjoining pian and all exhibited strong indica- 
tions of terror. Passing on, he was struck with surprise at 
seeing a spot of ground whith he knew to have been recently 
turfed over, all torn up, and the earth looking fresh, as if from 
recent violence, Coming to the place, he found a oreat mass of 
fragments of a strange looking stone, and immediately called for 
his wife, who was second on the g eroun 
Here pees exhibited the most striking proofs of violent collis- 
ion. A ridge of micaceous schistus lying nearly even with the 
ground, and somewhat inclining like the hill to the southeast, 
was shivered to 0 pieces, to a certain extent, by the impulse of 
the stone, which thus received a still more oblique direction, 
and forced itself into the earth to the depth of three fect, tear- 
ing a hole of five feet in length and four and a half feet in 
th, and throwing large masses of turf and fragments of 
“ws kag baaeanbiiesad Mr. Gibbs, of Ne > hu 
-—enrished his splendid collection of mie cee eae 
