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the dense glow of twilight which made the train invisible. 
y a few observers, meteors were seen in the zenith after the 
sun had risen, 
““A remark may be appropriate here respecting the recurrence 
of November meteors which was witnessed extensively in the 
eastern hemisphere, The various statemets of this recurrence 
furnished by competent and eminent observers in Great Brit- 
ain and on the continent, especially the Astronomer Royal of 
Scotland and Professor Grant of Glasgow,—also those pub- 
lished in the London Times of Nov. 15th,—and the letters of 
they were, on the whole, equally extensive and magnificent. 
‘On the contrary it is evident that the shower of 1866, at the 
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Pratt from Marash, in Turkey, to Professor Newton, shows an 
exception in Western Asia.” 
3. At New Haven.—Prof. Loomis watching alone counted’ 
500 in one hour. 
4. At Germantown, Pa.—Mr. B. V. Marsh, at Germantown, 
counted as many as 20 per minute, but had gone into the house 
at the moment of maximum display. His nephew, Mr. R. M. 
Gummere, watching with him, reported 39 in one minute as 
the greatest number seen by him. 
5. At Haverford, Pa.—Prof. Samuel J. Gummere, of Hay- 
erford College, reports about 1000 meteors seen between half 
past 11 and 4 o’clock. The time of maximum frequency was 
thought to be a little before half past four. At 4" 25" one ob- 
erver saw 140 meteors in one minute; four, five, or six, being 
often visible at once. The total number at this time was esti- 
mated at from 3 to 5 per second. ee 
6. At Toronto, Canada,—The following is an extract from 
a letter of Mr. G. F. Kingston, Director of the Magnetic Ob- 
Servatory. s 
“In the paper which I send herewith, I have given the num- 
ber of shooting stars, during each interval of 10 minutes, to- 
gether with the average amount of cloud during the in 
€: se is ; 
“@Vith a view of catching any 
With : : : any stragglers in the ou aki ts of | 
stream, a watch was kept through the night of Nov. 12th, 
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