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<c were out, darted thro’ the windows with fuch 
“ Strength, that the rooms were wholly illuminated by 
f* it for 7 or 8 Seconds; that its fir ft appearance was 
“ not exactly at the horizon, but a little above it 
“ and that, at its greateft height, it certainly did not 
“ exceed 40 degrees; that it was extinguished before 
<c it reached the horizon, perhaps by about 8 or 10 
“ degrees ■f ; that the colour of the meteor was at 
^ firft nearly of a pure white, but, in proportion as 
“ it advanced, it grew red, and feemed to go out all 
“ at once; that the light, which iftued from it, 
“ feemed rather to confift of fucceftive flashes from 
“ fide to fide, than of an uniform regular flame ; that 
cc a few minutes after its dilappearance (not above 
“ three or four) was heard by Several people a violent 
“ thunder-clap, or Something very like it, and from 
cc the fame point it disappeared, viz. rather nearer to 
“ the north than the north-weft.” 
XXI. At Dalkeith..(a market town 6 miles South- 
east of Edinburgh), a gentleman, who happened to 
be walking eaftward in the Street, perceiving his right 
fide and arm Strongly illuminated, Suddenly turned 
his face to the light, and Saw the meteor, “ then in 
* By Obf. XVI. the firft appearance muft probably have been 
a good way above the horizon ; but Mr. Redpath fays, he had 
met with no perfon he could depend upon for the account of the 
firft appearance. 
f Angelraw being, within a few miles, of the fame diftance 
from Fort William as CarlilTe, we have, by this laft circumftance, 
a confirmation of the real height of the meteor at its extinction, 
upon comparing with this obfervation the notes of N° II. and 
No IX. 
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