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large and brilliant was the meteor. The meteor seemed to travel 
from north to west leaving a trail of light behind it for some time; 
it appeared to descend to the ground at an angle of about 45°. It 
was so brilliant that its light shining through the window blind 
attracted attention, and it moved so slowly that there was time 
to pull up the blind and see the meteor. 
No. 6.—Mr. J. Smethurst of Wyalong, was walking towards 
the south about 11 p.m. on May 7th, the moon being nearly full, 
“when suddenly the bright moonlight was absorbed by a brilliant 
light behind me; on turning round I saw a meteor about the same 
diameter as the moon, it was due north of me then, and 15° or 20° 
above the horizon. The meteor presented the usual train of light 
&c., but it did not burst, it remained visible six or seven seconds, 
towards the end of its path it grew gradually fainter and finally 
went out without reaching the horizon.” Mr. Hunter, a friend, 
confirms these statements as to its brilliance, direction, and not 
reaching the horizon, but thinks it was only a quarter the size of 
the moon. 
No. 7, Minto—Mr. T. P. Latta saw the meteor of May 7th - 
10-50 p.m., it travelled at a great pace from north to west, 
seemed to disappear behind the Minto hills. The night was 
beautifully clear, “‘ when I saw a magnificent meteor, its head like 
a ball of electric light and the tail seemed to give out prismatic 
colours like a rainbow. The head seemed to be two-thirds of sg 
diameter of the moon and the tail half the moon’s diameter 1 
width, and its length ten or twelve’ times the diameter of the 
moon. ‘The tail of the meteor seemed to give out colours some- 
thing like the flashing of a diamond in the sun; compared with all 
the meteors I have seen before, this was a giant.” 
No. 8, Rookwood.—Mr. Richard Peck saw the meteor 0B May 
7th at 10-48 p.m., it came out of a small dark cloud more thar : 
half-way up the sky (visual angle 30°, half-way up pr obably 15) 
it was very brilliant, like a ball of fire as large as the moon, 
it had flames shooting out from it on all sides fully half the mooP . 
