BY THE EEV. E. F. WHEELEB, M.A. 291 



movements are like the teeth of a saw, and almost as regular. 

 No indications of Birt's November atmospheric wave. 



Grouse have been very abundant and good this year. They 

 have been selling generally at 3/6 to 4/ a brace ; partridges at 3/ ; 

 pheasants at 6/ to 7/ a brace ; and hares at 3/ each. 



The temperature of the month was 42*43 which is (42*43- 

 41*02) 1*41° above the mean. 



North Shields. — The aurora borealis was seen on the 11th. 

 Lightning was seen, but thunder was not heard, on the 13th. 

 The rainfall on the 15th, 16th, and 17th, amounted to 1*12 

 inches. The fall for the whole month was only 2*23 inches, 

 being nearly half an inch below the average. Lunar halos were 

 seen on the 17th and 22nd. 



Seaham Harbour. — Strong winds from the 5th to the 15th. 

 Frosty. Snow on the 17th. Much fluctuation in the readings 

 of the barometer about the middle of the month. Wind N.N.W. 

 on the 14th, when the great shower of meteors was seen. 



The following account of the grand display of meteors on the 

 14th, is from the pen of the Rev. Canon Chevalier, of Durham: — 



"At the Durham Observatory, good watch was kept for the 

 expected meteors on the early mornings of November 13th and 

 14th. On the 13th a few falling stars were seen, but there was 

 nothing remarkable either in their number or in their appear- 

 ance ; and about two hours after midnight the weather became 

 cloudy, and the observations ceased. 



" On the following night, at a comparatively early hour, pro- 

 mise was given of the approaching shower of meteors. In the 

 evening of November 13th, at 10*30, mean Greenwich time, a 

 meteor was observed in the N.E. at a low elevation, passing 

 nearly parallel to the horizon, and ending its course nearly at 

 the N.W. point, leaving a visible train of light in its course. 

 This was followed by several other "shooting stars," at inter- 

 vals of some minutes; and on the morning of November 14th, 

 soon after midnight, a continuous shower of meteors succeeded, 

 all proceeding, as was expected, in a direction parallel to a line 



