4 If A. Ward — Colombian Meteorite Localities. 



In due time full possession of the historic siderite was 

 secured, and it was started on its way to Bogota. There, how- 

 ever, the contract with the Santa Rosa municipality was nulli- 



fied, and the meteorite was seized for the National Museum. 

 After protracted argument, a compromise was effected by 

 virtue of which a piece weighing 150 kilograms was cut from 

 the small end of the meteorite arid delivered over to me. In 

 addition to this, a piece of one of the Rasgata masses weighing 



