84 H. A. Newton on Shooting Stars in November, 1868. 
For a good part of the time it was cloudy in the south and 
southwest and also low down in the northeast. eh 25 A. M, 
the clouds increased rapidly and soon covered the 
6. At Poughkeepsie, N. ¥.—Seven of the pupils of Mies Maria 
Mitchell saw, at the Vassar College SS 354 meteors in 
seven hours on the night of Nov. 12th—13th, = on the next 
night 419 were seen by six of them in five hour 
va At Canonsburg, Pa.—Prof. Kirkwood ase 64 seen by 
six persons in 45 minutes, ending at 45 39™ a. M. of the 13th, of 
which about 50 were from Leo. ‘The next night was cloudy. 
8. At Franklin, N. Y.—Mr. William A. Anthony, with two 
assistants, counted on the morning of the 14th, between 2h and 
4b, 180. On account of the cold it was impossible to stand still 
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several evenings in the first half of November. He has siete 
60 or 70 flights, which were remarkable for size or beauty, and 
reports 875 in all. The details have not yet been received. 
10. At Chicago, Iil.—Mr. Francis Bradley reports 27 meteors 
seen by three persons in one hour ending at 2" 30™ on the morn- 
ing of Nov. 12th. On the next — five observers saw in the 
hour and a half ending at 1° a.M., 65 meteors, of which 24 — 
were from Leo. Clouds or haze prevented farther observation. 
ll. At Olivet, Mich.—Prof. J. H. Hewitt, to whom on account 
of his previous experience in observing Thad written request- 
ing particular attention to the shape of the radiant area, watched 
on the night of Noy. 12th-18th, together with Mr. M. R. Gaines, 
m li tod5o’clock. The night was mostly clear. He says 
Hof. those which went from the Sickle, the eae of the larger 
number, I think, were in the general direction of a line joining 
7 and ¢, ‘and these tracks were much nearer together than the 
tracks of those which proceeded in a direction perpendicular to 
that line. That is, supposing an ellipse to represent the ae 
area, the larger diameter would be in the direction of 7é. 
frequently remarked that our observations coincided with oie 
suspicions that the radiant area would be such an ellipse.” 
2. At Detroit, Mich—Mr. O. B. Wheeler reports 56 for three 
observers for one hour from 2" 20™ a.m. Nov. 18th. Forty-two 
were conformable. Clouds prevented observation on other nights. 
@irongk the nights of focitae 12th and Nov 43 th. During be 
first of these two nights the sky was mostly fdloaded except “from 
