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The President also said he had received from Colonel Haughton, 

 Commissioner of Cooch Behar, a notice of a brilliant meteor, which it 

 was desirable to record. 



Colonel Haughton says, (under date May 1st.) "We had a mag- 

 nificent meteor last night (April 30th.) It must, when vertical, I 

 think, have crossed between the tail of the Bear, and a bright star 

 nearest to it. Its apparent size was about half moon's semi-diameter ; 

 course, at a guess, from the W. N. W. to E. S. E., colour less brilliant, 

 and more greenish than the moon. Time about 7 p. m. 



The most notable fact about it was, that during the last portion of 

 its course, there was a ragged edge of flame— like the corona during 

 the eclipse, I should think — from the side opposite to its course." 



V. — Analysis of the Khetree Meteorite, with an account of its fall ; 

 by D. Waldie, Esq., (Abstract). 



The Meteoric stone of which I have made the analysis was sent 

 to me a considerable time ago by Mr. W. Stotesbury, of the Topogra- 

 phical Survey. Other urgent occupations have prevented me from 

 completing it until now. Mr. Stotesbury gives an interesting account 

 of the fall, though he is somewhat uncertain of the date : he says, 

 February 1867, not far from Khetree in Shekawattee, Rajputana, and 

 he himself heard the explosion accompanying the fall, though he did 

 not see the stones come to the earth. The stone, submitted to me, 

 was similar in appearance to many of the samples in the Indian and 

 Geological Survey's Museum, a grey mass studded with small metallic 

 globules, partly of a light bluish grey colour, partly of a darker grey, 

 and with a nearly black crust. 



The following is an abstract of the analysis — 



Nickel iron containing Cobalt and Chromium, 1698 



Troilite (Sulphide of iron) with a little Schreibersite (Phos- 

 phide of iron), 544 



Earthy matter soluble in acids, chiefly Silicate of Magnesia 



andiron, 3469 



Chrome Iron, '53 



Silicates insoluble in acids, chiefly Silicate of Magnesia, 42-36 



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