496 G. F. Kunz—Metcoric Iron from Arkansas. 
report was also heard at Russellville and in the adjoining county 
of Pope. The Democrat of that place, April 29th, ’86, says: 
“The wonderful meteoric stone as it is called, but erroneously, 
for nothing is further from stone than it is, is now on exhibition 
here. We looked on the strange:thing and wondered what it 
was and where it came from. ‘The noise it made when it struck 
the earth’s atmosphere on the 27th of March and came whizzing 
to earth near Knoxville, will never be forgotten, neither will 
anyone who looked at it ever forget it.” A description of the 
mass then follows. The Dardanelle Post of April Ist, refers 
to the explosion, and the issue of April 8th suggests the meteor- 
ite found as its probable cause. Mr. B. Caraway who visited 
the spot for me informs me that the pine tree, through 
which the meteorite fell is 107 feet high, and that the dis- 
tance from the foot of the tree to the centre of the hole made 
by the mass is 22 feet 8 inches. ‘The limbs on the west side of 
the tree were broken, and the meteorite lay in the hole with 
the flat side down. The hole was 75 yards from the house. 
Professor H. A.-Newton, who has kindly interested himself 
in this matter, says that the data furnished indicate that the 
mass must have fallen nearly from the zenith. This was the 
direction of the end of its path, the earlier portion being more 
inclined to the vertical, as the path must be affected by gravity 
and the resistance of the air. The earlier direction must have 
been from the N.E. and more nearly from the Hast than the 
North. 
Mr. Shandy sold the meteorite to Mayor Caraway, who in 
turn sold it to Col. J. C. Betten,* a lawyer of Eureka Springs, 
of whom the writer obtained it, Colonel Betten bought it as a 
business speculation, intending to realize something of an in- 
come from its exhibition. While in his possession it was ex- 
hibited at Hureka Springs. Circulars headed “The Tenth 
Wonder” were printed and circulated, notwithstanding the fact 
that the authors had no knowledge of the number of irons that 
had been seen to fall and that this was in reality the tenth. It 
was also called ‘veritable wonder that was seen to pass 
through the sky, blazing, sparkling, etc.” ''wenty-five cents 
was charged for admission to look at it. The mass is in general 
quite flat and very irregular, resembling strongly a mass of 
molten metal thrown on the ground and then pitted. The 
illustration of the Agram+ mass figured by Von Schreibers 
could be mistaken for the upper side of this were it not that 
this is larger. It measures 174 inches (44°™) by 154 inches 
* Affidavits were furnished by the County Clerk and the Mayor of Hureka, 
as to the trustworthiness of Colonel Betten and Mayor Caraway. 
+ “ Beitrage zur Geschichte und Kenntniss Meteorischer Stein- und Metall- 
massen,” by Dr. Carl von Schreibers, Wien, 1820, folio, plate viii. 
