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" Another envious phenomenon took place Within a fewjlays of this 

 Occurrence, in the Coorgul Talook of the Toomkoor district. A water* 

 Bpont rose out of n tank with a great noise, and the column of water 

 so formed swept over the country in the sight of many astonished 

 villagers. 



" Further, in the Mandium Talook of the Mysore District, a small 

 1 Ghoontci or stone-lined tank, which had been dry for years, suddenly 

 filled with water, which gradually subsided at the end of 13 days. 

 There had been no rain previously. 



(Signed) " L. Bowring." 



" Bangalore, 26th Octoher, 1865." 

 From Mohamed Ali, 

 To L. Bowring, Esq. 



" I most respectfully beg to acknowledge the receipt of your 

 honor's letter on the 2nd, dated the 1st instant, and to state the detail- 

 ed accounts of the meteor stones which fell in this Talook at 7 a. m. 

 of the 21st September, 1865. 



" Shortly after the event had taken place, I went myself to the spot, 

 and found out that one of the stones had fallen in a field at about a 

 half mile distance from the other, but they had fallen in a straight 

 line from the east to the west. 



11 It was apparent, from the shape of the holes in the sandy soil of 

 both fields, that the stones had fallen slantingly inclined towards the 

 north, and sunk in the soil, both holes being nearly three-fourths of 

 a foot in depth and half in breadth. 



" I examined the neighbouring hills and rocks veiy closely, but 

 similar stones were not found in the locality ; although there were, 

 several black stones on the land and hills, there was a good deal of 

 difference between them and the stones which were said to have 

 fallen from the sk} r . 



H Conseqnently it could not be suspected that the villagers had spread 

 a false report of the stones falling from the sky, to alarm the commu- 

 nity of the Talook. 



" The following statements of the people who were present at the 

 time of tbe incident taking place will show (he ease to be a true one. 



'•' In addition to the statements of the witnesses, myself and several 

 other in! militants of this Talook heard a report, just as if a cannon was 



