on certain stony and metalline Substances , &c. 177 
had either broken to pieces, or given away to the Tesseldar 
(native collector) and others, all that they had picked up; but 
that he might easily find some in the adjacent fields, where 
they would be readily discovered, (the crops being then not 
above two or three inches above the ground,) by observing 
where the earth appeared recently turned up. Following these 
directions, he found four, which he brought to Mr. Davis : most 
of these, the force of the fall had buried, according to a measure 
he produced, about six inches deep, in fields which seemed 
to have been recently watered; and it appeared, from the man’s 
description, that they must have lain at the distance of about a 
hundred yards from each other. 
What he further learnt from the inhabitants of the village, 
concerning the phenomenon, was, that about eight o’clock in 
the evening, when retired to their habitations, they observed a 
very bright light, proceeding as from the sky, accompanied with 
a loud clap of thunder, which was immediately followed by the 
noise of heavy bodies falling in the vicinity. Uncertain whether 
some of their deities might not have been concerned in this 
occurrence, they did not venture out to inquire into it until the 
next morning; when the first circumstance which attracted 
their attention was, the appearance of the earth being turned 
up in different parts of their fields, as before mentioned, 
where, on examining, they found the stones. 
The assistant to the collector of the district, Mr. Erskine, a 
very intelligent young gentleman, on seeing one of the stones, 
brought to him by the native superintendant of the collections, 
was also induced to send a person to that part of the country, 
to make inquiry ; who returned with several of the stones, and 
brought an account similar to that given by the person sent by 
Mr. Davis, together with a confirmation of it from the Cauzv, 
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