Shooting stars of Nov. 14th, 1867. 89 
“The following table shows the number of meteors counted, 
all emanating from the direction of the constellation Leo. 
Dudley Observatory 
Mean time. No.of Meteors.| Meantime. No. of Meteors.| Mean time. No, of Meteors. 
4" 05" a. M. 37 4" 35" A. M. 512 4"53™ a.m. 1000 
oa. ” 180 . oo et 610 . oe. 1100 
430 * 312 a 5 ail en 708 5. oe 1200 
_24°" 406 44400" 802 St So 2 en ee 
4°33 * 440 449° "4 900 5 64 © - 18601 
the maximum. of frequency occurre 
rate of fall was forty-seven in one minute, 
“The annexed diagram exhibits the progress of the shower. 
Tt shows the rate of fall from minute to minute from 3% 50™ 
to 5" 50" a. m., as deduced from the preceding observations, 
When the shower was near its maximum, six or eight meteors 
would frequently shoot out simultaneously, and generally they 
appeared to fall in groups of two or more at a time. One of 
the most noticeable features, however, was the permanence of 
the train after the meteor had disappeared. In a number o 
instances it remained visible more than one minute by actual 
determination with a chronometer.” 
16. In California.—A writer in the San Francisco Times 
states that nearly 500 meteors were counted in 
between one and two o’clock, on the morning of Nov. 14th. 
A correspondent of the Sacramento Union, states that from 
een minutes before two o’clock, they gradually decreased in 
numbers until he retired, at five o’clock, when an occasional one 
could be observed. Dr. Harkness states that when he was first 
minutes past one o’clock, 
“Tt appears from an examination of the foregoing table, that 
at 4°31™ a. M. the 
