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found that nearly all the meteors seemed either to issue forth 
from a point marked on our globe by the star 97, near the center . 
traced 
of the sickle in Leo, or that, if their courses should be 
back, at would intersect at that point. For a few minutes, 
about 3% 15m a, ‘M., we carefully noticed those appearing in this 
quarter of the heavens, and they seemed to indicate a radiant 
point at the star mentioned ; at about 34 o’clock it seemed 
that the radiant was a line, or, at most, a very narrow ellipse, 
having its center at this star, and extending i in the direction of 
the star zeta in the sickle. 
The exact number of conformable meteors for the last two 
hours cannot be given. Out of 1,638 counted by t obser- 
vers having their attention directed to this sabjout, only 22 
were noted as unconformable. 
At 20 minutes before L o’clock, it was found that one per- 
son could not record fast enough, and rd fen ibe man 
undertook the record for one half of the circuit 
At quarter past two, both recorders watt unable to keep a 
full record and from this time forward each observer counted 
to himself the number appearing in his quarter, and only called 
out the most remarkable for record. Some time before 3 o’clock 
a second observer took his place at the S.E., and soon after a 
second upon the east. The result of their ‘counting will be 
seen in the Quarter Table. 
Hour. N. NE E SW. W. N.W. Total. 
10-11 0 2 3 0 0 
11-12 1 1 1 3 5 1 0.733 
12-1 S. u4 5 5 4 10 3 6 56 
1-2 25 385 20 16 4 6 115 
2-3 5 No count. 
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Total, 727 687 750 1276 514 357 166 560 4937 - 
The maximum of the display as to numbers was from 3" 15" 
to about 3 40™ a.m. During this period, other parties of nine 
_ each were formed and eounged. the stars arty from the con- 
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Those stationed on the southeast quarter, counted b uae: 
dreds from 3 to 4 o’clock, with the following result: Time of 
first 100 was 7 minutes; of the second, 5 minutes ; the third, 
