Prof. Evans on the Guernsey Co. (O.) Meteor of May 1, 1860. 31 
But the statement, when corrected, is not of more consequence 
than several others, which Prof. Smith omits altogether from his 
list of observations worthy of note; though he afterwards gives 
them in part, as haying been relied upon by Prof. Andrews and 
myself, 
In commenting upon my conelusions, Prof. Smith says :—‘ as 
somehow connected with the fall of stones none will deny. That 
th ze pecneded from an elevation of 40 miles is a view which 
mig 
I'never maintained. How the sounds were caused, whether by 
violent disruption of parts or otherwise, is a question which it 
orts 
fell, and apparently connected with the descent of the separate 
Pleces through the clouds, were entirely distinct from the one 
Virginia, to Athens county, Ohio. It is ascertained by careful 
