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trees. In some places the noise of the falling stones in the 

 woods alarmed the cattle and horses in the vicinity, so that 

 they fled in terror. A peculiar hissing noise during the fall 

 of the stones was heard for miles around. A very intelligent 

 lady described it as very much like the sound produced by 

 pouring water upon hot stones. The air seemed as if all at 

 once it had become filled with thousands of serpents. 



Mr. Crawford and his wife were standing in their yard at 

 the time, and hearing a loud hissing sound overhead, on looking 

 up a stone (No. 2) was seen to fall just before them, burying 

 itself four inches in the ground; they dag it up immediately, 

 but it did not possess any warmth ; it had a sulphurous smell. 

 Another, which they did not find, fell near them, when they 

 thought it prudent to retire to the house. 



Two sons of John Lamb were in the barn-yard attending to 

 the horses, when their attention was called to a loud hissing 

 noise above, and immediately a stone (No. 3) fell just at their 

 feet, penetrating the hard-tramped earth some three or four 

 inches, and they state that it was warm when taken from the 

 ground. Another fell in a peach-tree near by, but the ground 

 being newly plowed they were unable to find it. 



The largest stone (No. 1) was not obtained until the following 

 day, being dug up beside a horse-track on the streets of Buena 

 Yista, Indiana, it having penetrated the hard gravel to the depth 

 of four or five inches. It had a strong smell of sulphur. The 

 last (No. 4) was dug up by Mrs. Kelly the following day in her 

 yard. 



These four aerolites, owing to their being buried deeply in 

 the ground, are all that have been found up to this time. None 

 have been found or were heard to fall over a greater area than 

 four miles square. 



These are all the details that I have been able to gather 

 connected with this fall of meteoric stones. They are highly 

 interesting, and probably as accurate as it is possible to 

 obtain. 



Nos. 1, 2, and 3 and a fragment of No. 4 were placed in my 

 hands for examination. Nos. 1, 2, and 4 are cuboidal in shape; 

 No. 3 was considerably elongated. They are all covered by a 

 very black vitrified surface, equally intense on every one and 

 on every part of each one, and when broken show the usual 



