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them. At eleven o’clock they were still falling, but not so 
numerously. The early part of the evening was rainy, but 
it cleared up shortly before seven, and I am informed that 
meteors were then observed. 
On the 3rd December inst., at 8.45 p.m., there was visible 
an aurora in the form of a beautiful arch of a yellowish 
white colour, extending from east to west and reaching up 
to the lower parts of Ursa Major. A slight trace of 
streamers was seen on the top of the arch. 
2.— By Joseph Baxendell, F.RA.S. 
The early part of the evening of the 27th of November 
was cloudy, and the meteors were not seen till about 10 
minutes to 7, when a partial clearing occurred. It soon 
became evident that they belonged to a distinct meteoric 
stream, and my attention was therefore chiefly directed to 
the determination of the position of the radiant point. The 
observations were however frequently interrupted by clouds, 
and at no time was the sky entirely cloudless. The inter- 
vals of observation and the number of meteors whose tracks 
were observed with sufficient precision to be of use in the 
determination of the position of the point of divergence 
were as follows : — 
Number of 
k. m. h. in. Meteors. 
6 53 to 7 9 G. M. Time 65 
7 21 7 51 54 
8 1 8 15 80 
8 31 8 34 9 
8 49 9 2 31 
11 21 11 27 7 
11 33 11 54 15 
12 7 12 19 10 
The total number was 271, and of these 266 had the 
points of intersection of their paths in an elliptical area of 
12 degrees long and 8 or 9 degrees broad, the centre of 
which was in right ascension 22J degrees, and north 
