60 Shooting Stars in November, 1865. 
From 15 20m to 1h ei that i is, in 20 min. 16 meteors. 
1.4 * 14 A “ 
“ 2 
“ 9 8 ae 2 - : ae 20 34 1 4 “ 
“cc o 49 “cl 3 1 5 “ 2 6 “ 24 “ 
“ 342415 re Oe 3 16. & 9 ed 
Total in 96°" 66 
Nearly all were comformable. The position of the radiant 
was carefully noted and located at R. A. 148°, Dec.+-24°. 
arsh observed from a window facing northeast. He estimates 
that had he been in the open air he would have seen about twice 
as many, that is, that the Poe, number for a single observer 
vould have been about 
e to make a record of what we saw. About as many radia- 
teal fron near the zenith as from Leo, although the latter group 
r unmistakably represented.” 
At Bloomington, Ind.—On the morning of Monday, Nov. 
sth, Prof. Kirkwood alone observed 25 meteors in 20 minutes, 
between 4" 50™ and 5410™ aw. Of these 22 seemed to ra- 
diate from the vicinity of y Leonis. “On the evening of the 
13th arrangements were made for watching through the night. 
Prof. T. A. Wylie and jyeatl pistes y Messrs. J. P. Baker, 
H. C. Meredith, W. L. Polk, H. V. Ferrell, H. Pope, and W. 
C. Sandifer, members of the senior and junior classes in the 
State University, commenced at 8 o'clock, but clouds unfortu- 
nately interfered with our observations. From 8 to 9 o’clock 
owever we saw 53 meteors, and from 9 to10 o'clock 51. At 
10 o'clock the heavens had become so nearly overcast that our 
ae were abandoned.” 
At Marathon, N. Y.—Mr. Lewis Swift writes from Mara- 
thon, N. Y on the 18th of November as follows: “From the 
end of twilight last evening to 10 o’clock I saw no more than 
are usually visible on clear evenings. I resumed observations 
again this morning at 5 o’clock and during 45 minutes saw 47 
meteors, most of 3 
tinctness. The paths of 44 of the meteors if traced backward 
would meet at a point about R. A. 10%, Dec.+25°. I think the © | 
ao At Cleveland, Ohio—Mr. W. H. Palmer, Mr. B, A. Pak 
r, and Mr. C. J. Dockstader counted on the morning 0 of Rot, : 
ath at Cleveland, Ohio, the following numbers of meteors ; 
om leaving trains of unusual length and dis- 
