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Saturday last. This is the only notice I have observed of it. On 
Saturday last (the 7th February), a little after 6 p.m., I saw a meteor, 
the body of which was intensely white, and it emitted red s})arks, not 
like a stream of light from fireworks, but red sparks at intervals of half 
a second or so, but irregular. Other two individuals I know saw it 
about six miles west of Edinburgh. To them it appeared to fall about 
Ravelrigg Hill. To me it appeared to fall between Curriehill House 
and Newmilns. T was about a mile distant from the other two who saw 
it. It appeared flying from north-west to south-east, and describing a 
curve that must inevitably have brought it to the earth's surface in a few 
seconds, although it was 150 miles distant, which it probably was. It 
must have come in contact with our globe to tlie south or east of Edin- 
burgh, and I can hardly think that it is the same meteor seen south of 
London, unless it was seen there to the north only.— I am," &c. 
" An Observer." 
Scotsman of IGth February 1SG3. 
The following week seems also to have been distiiiguislied 
by the appearance of a meteor, which was observed passing- 
over Edinburgh, in a different direction, however, to the one 
previously referred to. One of onr members, my friend Mr 
P. A. Dassauville, writes me, that wlien returning home 
along Abercromby Place, towards the west, on the evening of 
Friday the 13th February, about 11.30 p.m., or a quarter to 
12 P.M., he was astonislied by the appearance of wliat seemed 
to be a ball of fire, which rose over the south end of Wemyss 
Place, and crossed the open space of the Queen Street Gardens 
diagonally from the south-west, travelling steadily in an 
appareiitly almost liorizontal line, to the north-east, and dis- 
appearing from his view in that direction, over the houses of 
Abercromby Place. In its passage overhead, he observed it 
had a tail of considerable apparent length, which was of the 
same red or flame colour as the body of the meteor ; and its 
elevation did not appear to be very great. His first impression 
was, that it miglit be some firework, but he soon observed 
it was too high in the air to have been sent off in its appa- 
rently horizontal course ; and there was also this difference 
from a firework, that the body did not leave a trail of light 
behind it, but the whole seemed to travel together, at a 
regular speed, towards the north-east. The night was clear 
and calm, and no sound was heard to accompany its passage 
overhead ; the direction of the wind was not observed, 
although he believed it must have been westerly. 
