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Most of the meteors were coil , perhaps one in ten being equal 
to a first magnitude star. At the time of maxim um the large 
ones were in still smaller proportion. The finest one seen here 
_ appeared at 1557™ just N.E. of the radiant. It was considera- 
bly brighter than Venus, and left behind it a train of brilliant 
- ually changed its form, doubled up, and floated away like a 
little cloud toward the N.W. , evidently carried by some atmos- 
pheric current in the upper air, Before 8 a. m. the Sy: cur- 
‘rent had changed to the same direction, During the last two 
minutes of its meet : was impossible to dietionmuick whether 
the train was seen b wn phosphorescence, or merely like 
any other cloud, by rofieite moonlight. The train of one 
other meteor endured 90 seconds, and five others from 30 sec- 
onds to a min 
An unconformable meteor which Tessar at 5" 15" formed a 
beautiful contrast to the others ; it moved from Orion toward 
Canis Minor, very like Mars at its nearest oppositions in bril- 
liancy and color, and left a train of the same hue. Its appar- 
About a dozen of these were noted me the ne 
- 2. At Iowa —* (lat. 41° 40’, lon. 14° 40), by Pres. 
N. R. Leovarp.—A company of the students of ‘the State 
eps § had been formed some three weeks previous to the 
4th of November, for the purpose of watching for the meteor 
shower and making observations upon it if it ae its appear- 
nee. 
The lookout was commenced on the morning of Saturday, 
Nov. 9, and continued each clear night till the evening of Nov. 
13th, four persons keeping watch ata time, or one for each 
cardinal point of the compass. With the’ exception of the 
mornings of Nov. 9th, and Nov. 12th, no roc meteors were 
visible than ma iy be see een.on any ordina ry ni 
On ee evening of the 13th, the cuiset “tor a clear sky 
poor. A sort of haze see med to prevail and unt 
