Shooting Stars in November, 1865. 59 
This gives a total of 430, or 235 per hour. The sky was very 
clear over head, except for a short time about five o’clock, but 
distant clouds interfered in the north and west nearly all of the 
time so as to conceal nearly or quite one-fifth of the sky in those 
directions, About 45 45™ the clouds in the north and west 
increased, and during the next quarter hour they probably con- 
cealed one-fourth of the meteors. They had some effect also in 
the next quarter-hour. The moon was shining all of the time, 
being then three days past the quarter. During the last half 
hour the twilight was increasing quite rapidly. 
The position of the radiant was observed with care. It did 
not seem to be accurately a point, but rather a small area. The 
center of this area was very near the center of the curve formed 
by the stars above mentioned, say -in R. °, Dec. +28°. 
Its dimensions could be only vaguely determined, but were 
probably not more than 8° or 4° in any direction. 
_ The proportion of the meteors that left trains was larger than 
usual. The unconformable ones were in general less bright 
than those that were conformable. It was remarked that more 
than usual were to be seen near the horizon. 
One brilliant meteor which exploded with a green light be- 
tween Polaris and the zenith left a train for more than a min- 
ute, This train shortened and curled up into a crescent, floating 
Ing to the northward, showing thus the direction of the wind in 
the higher regions of the atmosphere. Such apparent motion 
might indeed in this case have been due to a descent vertically 
of the luminous cloud. But a similar train was seen south of 
the zenith which moved also northward. The two motions are 
inconsistent with a vertical descent of both trains. 
n the same morning Mr. F. W. Russell observed in New 
Haven by himself, beginning at 3 85" A. M. Between that 
time and four o'clock he saw 25 meteors. Between four and five 
O'clock he saw 78, making in all 103 in 85 minutes. During the 
t ten minutes of the watch the clouds obscured the sky, and 
the moonlight interfered throughout. : 
The next night was cloudy at New Haven, and nothing could 
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