80 H. A, Newton on Shooting Stars in November, 1866. 
one ending at 4 10™ saw 32, and one ending at 45 30™ saw 28. 
This gives an average hourly number of about 194 for each ob- 
server, which is 12 per cent of all seen. 
By 35 a.m. the proportion of conformable meteors had con- 
siderably increased, so that they were then estimated to be at 
least one-fourth of the whole number visible. At 5 o’clock the 
proportion, though greater, was still less than one-half. During 
the quarter-hour 54 15™—54 30™ the increasing light of the dawn 
in the east was interfering very considerably with the numbers 
visible. 
The sky was beautifully clear throughout the night. The 
center of the radiant of the conformable flights seemed to be 
about R. A. 147° 30’, Dec. +23° 15’. It was not very easy to 
determine its shape and dimensions owing to the small number 
of flights near the radiant. The zodiacal light was remarkably 
fine in the east. 
On the night of Nov. 13th-14th a new relay of observers be- 
to count at 11 o’clock. They were relieved by a fourth 
party about 2 o’clock a.m. The arrangements were similar to 
those of the previous night. The following are the results for 
the successive quarter hours. 
BE SE) Se arene eee eae 
- 
11b-12h, 12h—1h, 1h-gh, 2h-gh, gh—4h, ; 
22 37 47 33 65 j 
29 43 37 36 36 
35 56 50 55 56 
36 61 37 55 55 
122 197 171 179 212 
the reports of ten of the party, was about 38, that is, about 18 
per cent of the whole. 
