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ous embarrassment, and by 2 45™ the sky was so nearly overcast that 
the observers retired. Different meteors observed : 
1861, N.E. 8.W. 
Aug. 10-11, 108 25™ to 115 P.M. 20 90 8. omg ee’ 
11 Soe = 2 29 58 
29 re = Se ka, - 47 38 85 
1 ashi etGss 35 29 64 
ee tad 4°92 45:" 28 14 42 
Mr. Marsh, who was looking towards the N.E., writes: “ At first I could 
not fix the radiant definitely, most of the tracks pointing to Perseus, but 
a number to Cassiopeia. Towards midnight it seemed to be very clearly 
within the triangle formed by 7, 7, and t Persei. I could not detect any 
change of position afterwards. We thought that seven-eighths of all we 
saw during the night were conformable. * * * Much the finest meteor 
Seen was at 114 23m—aq most splendid specimen ; its track remained 
visible twenty seconds or more. 
Mr. R. M. Gummere, also at Burlington, N. J., watching independently, 
observed shooting stars as follows, viz: 
Aug. 10, 16 25™ to 115 p.m. 34 
1l del 29 
12 oc ae Ms 87 
The night of Aug. 9-10 was stormy at Burlington. 
(3.) Natick, Mass.—Observers: Messrs. F. W. Russell and E. L. Pray. 
The night of August 9th was cloudy and rainy. The night of the 10th 
was clear until about 2 a. M. of the 1ith, when about a third of the sky 
was obscured by clouds. Between 8" P. M. and 35 15™ a.m, the two 
observers saw 397 different shooting stars, as follows: 
Aug. 10-11. N.E. 8.E. N.W. s.W. 
88pm. to 98pm. 16 5 5 3 = 29 
“19 « 10 2 2 8 22 
ae a re 32 6 5 17 60 
a eS 28 13 3 30 74 
2s.” Pe Oe 12 7 13 59 
rau SM 26 14 27 8 "5 
. : - ee 14 27 12 8 61 
Te 6 eee 4 4 1 eo oy 
During this period only about one-half the sky was under observation ; 
and rg to 5 eal than half the sky was clear. Only four 
twenty about the size of Jupiter, one leav- 
i and the remainder quite 
conformed, was 
may have been somewhat diminished, but was still : 
average of ordinary nights. This average 1S greater than is usually sup- 
posed, and the actual number varies greatly on different nights. On 
