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u ftars fall from it, like thofe which are feen on the 
“ burfting of a rocket j nor did they hear any ex- 
<c plolion.’ 
IX. From Carlille, which lies about 26 miles N. E. 
of Cockermouth, the account I received was more 
particular, and for which I was obliged to Mr. James 
Hewit, wine-merchant of that city, who not only 
had a view of the meteor during part of its courfe, 
and heard a report, but, at my requeft, fome time 
after, took the trouble to meafure the height, at its 
apparent elevation when he faw it, and at its extinc- 
tion, from the memory of another perfon, who had 
a light of it to the laft. I fhall give the fubftance of 
feveral of his letters on this fubjedt, in his own words. 
<c The diredtion of the meteor was from fouth-eaft 
<c to north-weft. It did not appear in a globular 
<£ form, as it paffed over Carlille ; but tapered in the 
££ manner reprefented in Fig. 3. Its head feemed 
£C to be about 14 inches in diameter, and its length, 
££ from head to tail, about 5 yards. It appeared much 
<£ brighter than the moon, and lightned the atmo- 
£c fphere to fuch a degree, that a perfon, who ftood 
££ in the ftreet, could eafily have diftinguilhed the 
tC difference between a fmall needle and a pin, if 
££ they had been lying on the ground before him. It 
££ emitted feveral iparks as it went along, and con- 
£< tinued in fight about 25 feconds. About a minute 
££ after it difappeared, there were two explolions im- 
£C mediately following one another, of a hollow 
££ noife, as loud . as the report of a cannon at 2 or 3 
£t miles diftance ; and, immediately after the explo- 
££ lions, there was heard a confufed rumbling noife 
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