THE AUGUST METEORS. 
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successive showers of the year, for it would he hardly consistent 
to call a radiant’visible in Perseus early in January by the desig- 
nation of, say, 4 Perseids XXXVIII. ’ Yet this is what we are 
Tig. 5. — Shower of £ Perseids (61° + 36°) max. Sept. 6-7. 
drifting to, unless a fresh system is introduced to accommodate 
the rapidly increasing number of meteor streams. 
