1860.] Proceeclings oflhe Asiatic Society. 413 



On the paracle ground of the Slieredil Pólice Battalion, between 

 the graveyard and the Native Distillery * 



In the village of Keyraree on the Hill to the right of the station 

 looking towards the plains and at the Bowarna Thanah. 



Specimens from each of the above localities have been brought into 

 the station. 



It is said that the Meteoric stones fell likewise at the following 

 places, but no specimens have been received from them. At Kangra 

 near the slate quarries, at Madhopore and at Bissowlee on the Eavee, 

 and in parts of Chnmlea and Rhilloo. 



I am making further enquiries with regard to these pMces. 



The stones as they fell, buried themselves from a foot to a foot 

 and a half in the ground, sending up a cloud of dust in all directions. 



Most providentially no loss of life or property has occurred. 



Some coolies, passing by where one fell, ran to the spot to pick 

 up the pieces ; before they had held them in their hands, half a minute, 

 they had to drop them owing to the intensity of the cold which be- 

 numbed their fingers. 



This, considerin^ the fact that they were, apparently, but a 

 moment before in a state of ignition, is very remarkable, each stone 

 that fell bore unmistakeable marks of partial fusión. 



The morning and afternoon, preceding the occurrence, had 

 been particularly dull and cloudy. Temperature was cióse, sultry, 

 and oppressive. The thermometer was above 80 degrees of Fahrenheit, 

 and no rain had fallen. I had no barometer by me at the time, I am 

 therefore unable to state what was the precise pressure of the atmos- 

 phere. The clouds, which were of the form technically called cumu- 

 lus and cirrhus, were hanging low at the time and the atmosphere 

 heavily charged with electricity. 



Such are simply the facts of the case as they occurred. 



There are of course all sorts of conjectures as to the probable 

 cause of the occurrence, some state the stones to be of volcanic origin, 

 others that they were hurled from the heights above the station or 

 projected from the moon, but I am inclined to regard them as real boná 

 fide meteorolites. Their weight seems to in dicate that they are semi- 



* Ifc must be noticed that Keyraree, the Barrack Hill, the Kotwallee, the Kucld, 

 the Graveyard and Bowarna are in one direct line, from N. N. W. to S. S. E. 



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