[ 2 5 s ] 
“ N. B. Mr. Garret keeps his clock very ex aft, 
H byGlafgow’s regulator, Chrift-Church. 
“ Emanuel Miller, of Ifiand-bridge, faw this me- 
u teor from beginning to ending ; thinks it was above 
“ the horizon about half a minute ; and fays, that it 
“ moved with lefs rapidity than falling-fiars com* 
“ monly do.” 
“ The following queries were put to Mr. Garret, 
“ and his anfwers are annexed. 
“ i. Was it a perfect fphere, or an oblong ball ? 
“ Anf. A perfect fphere. 
u 2. With or without a tail ? 
“ Anf. Without a tail. 
“ 3. Did any fparks of fire ifiue from it? 
“ Anf. There did not any fparks ifiue from it till 
“ it broke. 
“ 4. In what direction did it move, from S. E. to 
“ N. W. or otherwife ? 
Anf. It moved from S. towards the N *. 
“ y . How long did it continue vifible ? 
Anf. The obferver fays, he faw it only for the 
<c fpace of three feconds, or the twentieth part of a 
“ minute; but that he is fure it had been vifible 
“ fome time before, he having been called out of his 
“ houfe by his fervant on purpol'e to look at it. 
“ 6. Was any found heard like a clap of thunder, 
“ or the report of a cannon, after its extinction ; and 
“ how long after the difappearance of the light ? 
* From that ftation, the declination to the weftward of the north 
could not be well obferved. 
