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depth of about 16 inches forming an inconspicuous hole 

 less than 18 inches in diameter and scarcely half so deep. 

 The fragment was irregular, rhomboidal in shape, the 

 three greater dimensions being 5.7, 3.2, and 2.3 inches 

 respectively. More than two-thirds of the surface showed 

 the natural pitted characteristics of an iron meteor- 

 ite coated with black iron oxide through which in places 

 were to be seen shining patches of silvery white nickel- 

 iron. The remaining parts of the surface were rough and 

 angular with more or less sharp projecting points show- 

 ing evidence of recent rupture from other fragments. 

 This part of the surface was more or less smoked but it 

 had not the thick coating of the other part of the surface. 

 The fragment was made up almost entirely of nickel-iron 

 throughout which, in irregular masses or veins, occurred 

 the stony material. The latter consisted mainly of gray 

 minerals interspersed with an occasional greenish gran- 

 ule. Polished surfaces of the iron portion of the frag- 

 ment when treated with dilute nitric acid showed the 

 typical Widmanstatten figures. 



A second fragment fell by the roadside within a hun- 

 dred feet of Jim Harden 's house which is 700 feet south- 

 east of the Brinson house. This specimen buried itself 

 about 8 inches in the ground. It weighed 42% ounces and 

 differs from the fragment above described mainly in 

 showing more stony material and in being more irregular 

 in shape. It also showed less of the naturally pitted sur- 

 face but correspondingly more of the freshly fractured 

 surface. This specimen fell within three feet of a negro 

 boy walking along the road, who was covered with flying 

 earth. 



The third fragment fell about 4,000 feet southwest 

 of the second fragment and within 100 feet of where a 

 negro man and a boy were working in a cotton field. Only 

 a part of this specimen was seen by the writer as it had 

 been cut in pieces. However, judging from the fragments 

 it probably weighed less than 30 ounces. It entered the 

 ground only about seven inches and like the other frag- 

 ments was warm when dug up. 



The fourth fragment was picked up in a public road 

 approximately 5,000 feet southwest of fragment No. 1. 

 No one saw this fragment fall, nevertheless it was at once 

 recognized by the finder who had seen other fragments. 



