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VIII. Further particulars of the Fall of the Cold Bokkeveld Meteorolite. By Thomas 
Ma clear, Esq. F.B..S. m a Letter to Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. K.H. 
V.P.R.S. 8$c. 8$c. Communicated by Sir John F. W. Herschel. 
Received February 5, — Read March 5, 1840. 
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 
My DEAR Sir John, November 20, 1839. 
As I did not receive any further communication relating to the Bokkeveld Meteor 
after my last communication to you on the subject, I resolved to undertake the pro- 
mised journey in conjunction with our friend Watermeyer, to whom we are so much 
indebted in the inquiry. Accordingly we made up a waggon party, consisting of 
rnnself and two of his sons, with Lieut. Jacob of the Indian Survey, Mr. Bailey, 
Hon. E.I.C.S., and myself, and set out on the 9th instant, taking Worcester and 
Tu] bag h in our way, for the purpose of consulting with Dr. Treuter and the Rev 
Mr. Fahn, who had been engaged in collecting information. 
On the 14th we took horses at Tulbagh, and proceeded to the house of Pieter de 
oit in tlie Bokkeveld, where we slept. The next morning we visited the other 
people who had witnessed the phenomenon. 
I inclose two sketches of the Cold Bokkeveld. No. 1 . was sent to me by Di-.Treuter*. 
No. 2.. is a copy of it with some corrections made on inspecting the place. Therefore 
the original is of no other use than as a voucher. The principal alteration refers to 
the position of Van Heeren’s house (Van Erde as written by Dr. Treuter), which is 
not a joint habitation, but distant some seven miles from Barand Joosteen’s. 
I inclose also two letters received from Dr. Treuter, wherein he alludes to two ex- 
plosions, and to two spots only where meteorolites fell, about twenty-five miles from 
each other. 
With regard to the first, no single individual in the Bokkeveld heard two explosions 
but persons beyond fancied they did ; the second most likely was the echo anions the’ 
mountains. & 
With regard to two spots only where meteorolites fell, I may remark that there 
was no witness in the interval of the line of flight between Joosteen’s and De Toit’s 
habitations ; consequently it is impossible to say what may have fallen. These re- 
n * P ! ate T IL iS the Sketch No - 2 - here referred t0 - A plate of No. 1. is not given, but the original is de- 
posited in the archives. 
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