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small cloud, out of which this witness stated the report and 
the luminous body to have come. He adds, “ there was the 
loud report, and about the same time I saw the light like a 
flame ; then the stone fell, and in falling made a great noise ; 
and after it fell, the sound was taken up high into the air.” 
He found five pieces of stone ; they were hot, as was the 
sand around, which was thrown to the height of a foot. 
Two of these fragments brought to this country fit together 
exactly. 
Professor Haughton, of Trinity College, Dublin, gives an 
analysis of a remarkable meteoric stone which fell at Dhurm- 
salla, m the Punjab, on the 14th July, I 860, at 2.15 p.m. Con- 
trary to what has been observed in all other cases, the frag- 
ments of this stone were said to'be cold, and not hot, when 
they fell. “ The cold of the fragments that fell was so intense 
as to benumb the hands of the coolies who picked them up, 
but who were obliged, in consequence of their coldness, in- 
stantly to drop them.” 
The last account of the fall of meteoric stones to which I will call 
your attention is that described by Dr. Smith in the American 
Journal of Science , as taking place in Guernsey county, Ohio, 
on the 1st of May, 1860. He catalogues twenty- four stones, 
the largest weighing one hundred and three pounds, and the 
smallest half a pound. They were scattered over a space ten 
miles long, by three miles broad. The following are some of 
the facts he collected from persons on the spot : — 
We, the undersigned, do hereby certify, that at about half- past twelve 
o’clock on Tuesday, May the 1st, 1860, a most terrible report was heard im- 
mediately overhead, filling the neighbourhood with awe. After an interval 
of a few seconds, a series of successive reports, the most wonderful and un- 
earthly ever before heard by us, took place, taking a direction from meri- 
dian to south-east, where the sounds died away like the roaring of distant 
thunder, jarring the houses for many miles distant. 
This is the testimony of those who heard the noises, but 
did not witness the fall of the stones. Among others who saw 
stones fall, Mr. Preben affirms : — 
I heard the reports and roaring as above described, and a few seconds 
afterwards, I saw a large body or substance descending and striking the 
earth four or five hundred yards from where I then stood ; and that I, in 
company with Andrew Lister, repaired to the spot, and about eighteen inches 
beneath the surface found a stone weighing fifty pounds. 
Mr. Noble states : — 
I distinctly heard the roaring and sounds as above described, and a few 
seconds after the above report, I saw descending from the clouds a large 
body that struck the earth above a hundred and fifty yards from where I then 
