362 STEWART COUNTY (GEORGIA) METEORITE. 



irregular, seven -sided figure, its longest side being about two 

 and three quarter inches long. If put into a spherical form it 

 would make a ball about one and three quarter inches in diam- 

 eter. So far as I have been able to ascertain no other parts 

 have been found. 



"The noise attending this phenomena is variously described 

 by different persons, and from different places. Two intelligent 

 ladies, residing four miles south of Lumpkin, nearly east of 

 where the stone fell, and about ten or twelve miles off, describe 

 it thus: While sitting in the house they heard, as it were, the 

 sound of a great fire suddenly bursting forth from some con- 

 finement into the open air. They rushed out of doors and 

 heard the roaring sound continue for several seconds. They 

 located the source of the noise in the direction of Barlow's. 



"In Cuthbert, about eighteen miles from Barlow's, nearly 

 south-east, a gentleman engaged in a workshop heard a lum- 

 bering noise, which he took to be several heavy pieces of 

 machinery in an adjoining room falling down one after another. 

 On going in he found no one, and that he had mistaken the 

 cause of the noise. Many persons here heard sounds like 

 repeated thunder followed by roaring. Some say that they 

 first heard several rapid, cracking explosions, like that of vol- 

 leys of small arms, followed immediately by the louder burst 

 of artillery. Most persons here thought the noise came from 

 the south-east, passed over the place in a north-westerly direc- 

 tion, and died away in the distant north-west. 



" The foregoing statements have been selected from many in 

 circulation, showing how differently the senses were affected at 

 different points. The facts are purposely presented in their 

 nakedness. If you can find them available in aid of a scientific 

 investigation of the origin of this phenomenon, I shall have 

 accomplished more than I expect." 



The above accounts agree as to the main facts : the point of 

 greatest discrepancy — the direction of flight. It is probable 

 that the meteorite came from some point in the north quarter ; 

 the statement of Mr. Latimer, over whom it exploded, and that 

 of Mr. Barlow as to the direction in which the earth was pene- 

 trated, concur in this regard. Persons in Cuthbert, who repre- 

 sent it as coming from the south, may have been misled by an 

 echo, mistaking this for the original sound. 



