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would be about l h 35 m and +51°. Owing to the wide disper- 

 sion of the bodies the location of the radiant was very difficult 

 and, at best, could be only approximate. Several meteors 

 were quite bright, and one left a bright train showing brilliant 

 red and green tints. The behavior of several meteors gave 

 the impression that they were not more than 100 yards from 

 the observer; I observed this peculiarity in several instances 

 in the shower of Nov. 27, 1872. 



Prof. Eastman also communicates the following notes by 

 Mr. D. Horigan, watchman at the new Naval Observatory : 



Some meteors appeared soon after dark. At 7 h were quite 

 numerous. At 8 h , increasing in number. At 9 h , still increas- 

 ing, several seen at once. 9 h 30 m , still increasing, some leav- 

 ing trains of red and orange tints. 9 h 40 m , too numerous to 

 count. Radiant apparently east of " chair of Cassiopese." 

 10 h m to 10 h 45 m still increasing. Began to decrease some- 

 what after ll h 25 m . About ll h 25 m quite a cluster fell from 

 about 15° below Polaris to the horizon. 



At midnight many visible but apparently growing fainter. 

 h 20 m , reduced to counting scale but rather late to begin now. 

 l h m , many still falling, but number decreasing. 3 h m , some 

 to be seen yet. After 3 h m A M. on the 24th made several 

 observations and found more or less falling till daylight. 



At Griswold, Conn. — Prof. A. W. Phillips was on the even- 

 ing of Nov. 23d riding in an open carriage in Griswold. 

 Between 8 h 15 m and 8 h 50 m he counted nearly 200 shooting 

 stars. Most of them were faint and had short paths ; a few 

 were brilliant. The radiant was in Andromeda, but was not 

 accurately located by him in the constellation. At times they 

 came in rapid succession, then frequently a lull. After reach- 

 ing home (8 h 50 m ) he saw through a window that the display 

 continued. About 9 h 10 m it became cloudy, and after that 

 more were seen by him. 



At Iferiden, Conn. — Mr. E. W. Abell reports that he and 

 his two sisters were at ten minutes past eight looking atten- 

 tively at Jupiter for at least three-quarters of a minute and if 

 there had been an unusual display at that time they would 

 certainly have seen it. At 9 b 26 m he and his mother went out 

 upon an errand and at once saw the shooting stars " falling 

 quite rapidly, sometimes almost as fast as we could count." A 

 regular watch was shortly afterwards arranged for, four per- 

 sons watching each a quarter of the heavens, and counting 

 aloud to prevent duplication. In the five minutes between 

 10 h 7 m 30» and 10 h 12 m 30 8 there were seen to the south 29, to 

 the west 18, to the north 35, and to the east 52 meteors ; in 

 all 134. A few minutes later two of the party looking to the 



