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tf my houle, and farther up the ftream, is a large 
<c plantation, and it was direddy over thofe trees that 
t£ the meteor difappeared. In this cafe, the found 
£C muff have come down fome part of the trough 
cc formed by the banks of the river ; and it is be- 
£c lieved, that the continuation of it might have 
cc been occafioned by an eccho from the rocks, and 
cc the ruinous walls of an old monaftery, which 
££ hands on the other fide of the water, juft oppofite 
cc to my houfe : whereas the village of Ancram lies 
£C off the trough of the river on a riftng ground, on 
<c a level with the plantation, over which the me-- 
tc teor feemed to break. With refped to the height 
£{ of that body, all I can fay is, that I thought it 
“ very high, and can be pofttive it was nearer what 
££ Mr. Pringle calls the zenith than the horizon. I 
£C have pointed out the place to that gentleman, as it 
“ appeared to me ; and, as he is to take the height 
‘ c of it with an inftrument, he will be able to inform 
“ you more exadly.” 
XVII. Before I received this letter, Mr. Pringle 
had fent me the figures of the meteor, which James 
Turnbull refers to. They were drawn by Mr. Smith, 
in prefence of the obferver, and by his direction. See 
Fig. 4. 
A B reprefents the meteor intire, after it had 
come fully in view. C D reprefents the fame, 
after the feparation. C E the third part of the 
tail feparated. D F the head, with the remain- 
ing part of the tail. G the fparks of fire iftuing 
from the part of the tail feparated. H the 
fparks 
