246 H. A. Newton on the Meteors of November, 1869. 
Steepeets it took a wavy form; then curved until it formed 
moved in a line toward the radiant point in Leo, over a space 
ore” 
The small number of meteors reported above as_seen 
between 25 30™ and 2h 40m was due to Mr. Davidson’s being 
engaged in watching the train of this meteor. 
At 1" 15™ Mr. S. R. Thockmorton, Jr., saw a meteor appear 
and disappear without apparent motion. It was about two 
degrees above and to the left of the bright star in the blade of 
the sickle. 
6. At Fredericton, N. B., (lat. 46° 3’, lon. 66’ 45’).—A watch 
was kept up by relays of students of the University of New 
Brunswick, throughout the night of Nov. 18th, 14th. They 
report the times and general directions of the individual 
meteors, with duration of flight, brillianey, &. The following 
table of the numbers seen in each 10 minutes of the night is 
compiled from their report. 
Number of meteors seen at Fredericton, N. B. on the night of Nov. 13th, 14th. 
Hour. | 010m | 19m_29m | 29m_39m|39m49m|49m50m'59m com Total. 
t. 9 1 1 1 3 
ome 1 1 3 1 0 1 7 
9—10 0 0 1 | 1 2 5 
10—11 4 0 4 3 9 5 18 
11—12 8 12 4 6 6 3 39 
it 2 10 6 4 5 8 26 59 
to. 5 6 18 6 8 12 17 67 
7 8 ll 10 26 32 37 20 | 136 
4 24 se BS 21 14! 181 
4— 5 22 30 28 35 34 18 | 167 
5— 6 25 31 20 16 22 20 34 
oe 7 7 30 4 14 
bi 
Total in 11 hours, 830 
for two successive hours. Messrs. B . 
nell and Williston watched from 74" ‘to 9" and from 1" to 8". 
A second party, consisting of Messrs. Vanwarts, Cliff, W 
man, Belyea, and Lawrence, watched from 9" to 11" and from 
3" to 5°, and a third pene consisting of Messrs. Willbur, Seo 
wil, Chandler and Walker watched from 11" to 1" and from 5" 
to 64". Only four persons: were, however, observing at any 
In Englanc -sEhe@oude ented observations for most 
ime in Great Britain. At Glasgow, Mr. A. S. Herschel 
