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or, perhaps, between that star and a and pof the same constel- 
lation, the neighbourhood in fact of what the Rev. C. 
Pritchard happily terms the “ apex of the earth’s way.” 
The paths of a few meteors seemed to suggest a second 
radiant point in the neighbourhood of /3 Tauri, but the 
observed flights were too few to afford satisfactory evidence 
on the point. 
We remarked a strong tendency of the meteors to occur 
in groups, four or five, and in some cases more, appearing 
one after the other in quick succession, followed by a lull, 
during which none were seen. We did not notice any of 
very remarkable brilliancy, they ranged for the most part 
from that of stars of the first magnitude downwards, in the 
majority of instances leaving a train behind them, which in 
several cases remained visible for some little time after the 
main body of the meteor had disappeared. 
Among such numbers it would hardly be possible, in all 
likelihood, to identify individuals ; I may just notice, how- 
ever, that at 2h. 42m. 30s. a bright meteor passed precisely 
over a Orionis, leaving a train which remained visible for a 
few seconds, on which the star had the curious appearance of 
being threaded. The meteor passed in the direction of y 
Orionis, its time of flight being about one second, and the 
length of its path, of which a Orionis was about the middle 
point, 10° or 12°. Of course, in the case of an unpractised 
observer, these data must of necessity be very rough, and I 
much regret that I was not at the time acquainted with Mr. 
Herschel’s ingenious alphabetic chronometer. 
In the last number of the Abbe Moigno’s serial “ Les Mondes,” 
I find the following observations by M. Coulvier-Gravier ; — 
“ Night of the 12-13 November. First hours of the night 
up to 4 a.m., 237 meteors observed, or about 29*7 per 
hour; from 4h. to 5h., 96 meteors, or on the average 1*6 per 
minute ; from 5h. to 6h., 43 meteors, or 0 - 7 per minute.” 
A comparison of these results with those of our own obser- 
