was, that a line darted from e across μ and onward, the line becoming a meteor some distance farther on. Again, the set of three or four which I have called a above, shot south-eastward, leaving Regulus a little to the east: starting nearly on a parallel with Regulus, their pale traces, left in the sky, converged unmistakeably up to and μ, one trace proceeding a little more north than the other: and the meteor noticed above which blazed out between these two stars appears to reveal the true point of divergence: Some point near y Leonis was the diverging point in 1833; if other observers confirm my statement, some step, I imagine, will be gained towards the determination of the orbit of the November shoal.

'On the supposition that the meteors are not self-luminous, but become visible after contact with our atmosphere, it would appear that the atmosphere was unpierced by any meteors, (two excepted,) to a distance of about 10° at most, all round €.

(6 The apex of the Zodiacal light appeared to be some degrees south of both of e and γ Leonis."

21st November, 1866.

"As a sequel to my letter of the 21st ultimo regarding the November meteors, I beg to forward the following particulars. The 27th to the 29th November, and 7th to 12th December, are dates of observation for meteors of a similar kind; but diverging meteors were not seen again or detected till 2 A. M. of the 12th December; they might have come on at an earlier hour of that date, and they appear to have passed off by 3 A. M.

They shot divergingly and with great rapidity, not from a point near y or e Leonis, but some point to the westward of these, between in the muzzle of Leo Major and the small stars in the foot of the Lynx and the tip of its tail; some point about 29° or 30° of north Declination, and 136° of Right Ascension. They darted out at the rate of about three per minute; were small, described short and thin ares of light, and left no traces: hence it was difficult to fix with any degree of precision upon the exact point of divergence. Some showed themselves only as moderate blazes or bursts of light about 40° or 50° from this point, without any visible arc of light or course. A bright meteor with a long train shot across the area of divergence from nearly due south to north, or from Alphard in Hydra to @ in Ursa Major.

"This display of meteors had nothing brilliant or exciting in it: but notwithstanding its tameness, I think it should be recorded."

A letter from Dr. Duka presenting a specimen of a meteorite was read. "The piece of stone which I have the honor of presenting to the Society, is a fragment of a large meteorite that fell near Knyahinya in the neighbourhood of Nagy-Berezna in the county of Ungvár in the north-east of Hungary, near the border of Gallicia.

"The phenomenon occurred on the 9th of June last, and according to the statement of Professor Hirsch, communicated by him to Dr. Haidinger of Vienna, the fragments were very numerous, as many as sixty pieces being in the possession of different parties.

"It appears from all I could gather in the country, that on the afternoon of the above-mentioned day, between 4 and 5 o'clock, an enormous detonation took place, which could be compared to a simultaneous discharge of one hundred pieces of artillery. High on the horizon a small cloud was visible, about ten times the size of the sun; otherwise the heaven was perfectly clear. Upon the detonation, the cloud dispersed in a radiating manner, and in the vacuity no flash was visible. Two or three seconds after the discharge a noise was heard, which seemed to be caused as if waters or rocks were dashing one against another, and this lasted for nearly fifteen seconds; and at last, with all traces of the cloud, entirely subsided. The labourers working in the fields near the spot, state that, for full half an hour afterwards, a smell of sulphur surrounded them.

"All the fragments were collected within the circumference of about 1,200 yards: they vary in weight from a few ounces to large masses, one of which weighs 27 pounds. A Jewish publican who was quite close, took up a fragment immediately on its falling down, and declares that it was cold like ice, but that his hands smelled of sulphur or garlic for two days subsequently.

"The phenomenon was seen in all directions of the compass, but at a distance, it appeared, instead of a mere cloud, like a ball of fire; and the furthest distance from which it was reported to have been noticed, is about 80 English miles.

"As this phenomenon occurred about the time when the late disasrous Austrian campaign was about to commence, it excited more than

ordinary interest throughout Austria, and I doubt not but that a full account of it will in due time be published by some of the Scientific Societies in the Empire.

"My specimen is 1 lb 4 ozs. 72 grs. in weight and 8 to 9 inches in circumference: it is I believe of a structure and composition similar to the Aerolite which fell near Parnallee in February 1857."

Lieutenant W. J. Williamson, and G. A. D. Anley, Esq., duly proposed at the last meeting, were balloted for and elected as ordinary members. The following gentlemen were named for ballot as ordinary members at the February meeting.

Colonel J. C. Brooke; proposed by Dr. J. Anderson, seconded by Dr. J. Ewart.

Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Reid, Governor-General's Agent at Chumla; proposed by Dr. J. Anderson, seconded by Mr. Grote.

E. V. Westmacott, Esq., C. S., B. A., Assistant Commissioner, Manbhoom; proposed by Dr. J. Anderson, seconded by Mr. H. F. Blanford. Alfred Woodley Croft, Esq., Professor, Presidency College; proposed by J. B. Branson, Esq., seconded by Mr. H. F. Blanford.

John Anderson Paul, Esq., Exchange Hall; proposed by J. H. Branson, Esq., seconded by Mr. H. F. Blanford.

Letters from Dr. R. Bird and Lt. H. Trotter, intimating their desire to withdraw from the Society were recorded.

An Ethnological Report of the Government of the Straits Settlement was submitted.

In connection with the proposed Ethnographic Congress, Dr. Cleghorn exhibited five photographs by Messrs. Bourne and Shepherd, illustrating the aborigines of the Himalaya and adjacent countries, who occasionally find their way to Simla. The Kanaits of the Hill States and the Guddees of Kangra were represented in their proper costume. The most interesting group contained the figures of a Lama from Lhassa and a North Tibetan from Zauskar, rarely seen at that sanatorium.

The receipt of the following communications was announced1. From Baboo Gopee Nath Sen, Abstract of Hourly Meteorological Observations made at the Surveyor General's Office in Septemer last.

2. From H. Blochmann, Esq., M. A.

"Notes on Sherajuddaulah and the town of Moorshedabad, taken from a Persian manuscript of the Tarikhi-i-Mansuri."

3. From F. S. Growse, Esq., M. A. Oxon B. C. S.

"Philological Notes."

4. From Professor E. Von Schlagintweit.

"Notes in reference to the question of the origin of the aboriginal tribes of India.”

5. From J. Beames, Esq., C. S.

"Further Notes on the derivation of Om and Amen.'

LIBRARY.

The following are the additions made to the Library since the meeting held in September last.

Presentations.

The names of Donors in Capitals.

Die Fossilen Mollusken des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien, by Dr. M. Börnes (Band. II. Nos. 5 and 6. Bivalve).-THE AUTHOR.

Proceedings of the Delhi Society (in Persian).-THE SOCIETY. A Treatise on Cultivation (in Persian).-THE DELHI SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.

Catalogue of the American Philosophical Society's Library, Part 2.THE SOCIETY.

Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren, 1857-58-59, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. Von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Nautisch-Physicalischer Theil.-THE AUTHOR.

An Index to Aitchison's Treatises, Engagements and Sunnuds.THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL.

Ditto ditto.-THE FOREIGN OFFICE.

A Manual of Mahomedan Civil Law in Canarese by Lieut. R. A Cole. -THE AUTHOR.

Hindu Social Laws and habits viewed in relation to health, by Baboo Kony Lall Dey.—THE Author,

Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, No. 1: Ophiuride and Astrophytida, by Professor T. Lyman.-THE MUSEUM.

Ditto ditto No. 2; N. American Acalephæ by Professor A. Agassiz.— THE AUTHOR.

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.-PROFESSOR AGASSIZ. Report on the Calcutta Cyclone; by Lieut.-Col. J. E. Gastrell and H. F. Blanford, Esq.-THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL.

Extracts from Harrington's Analysis of Bengal Regulations.-THE FOREIGN OFFICE.

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1864. THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF BERLIN.

Observations on the functions of the liver by Dr. R. M'Donnell.— THE AUTHOR.

Catalogus Codicum Orientalium Bibliothecæ Academiæ LugdunoBatave by P. Jong and M. J. de Goeje.-THE AUTHORS.

Ichthyologischer Bericht über eine nach Spanien und Portugal unternommene Reise by Dr. F. Steindachner.-THE AUTHOR.

The Progress of England; a poem; to which are added Notes on the organization of the British Empire.-THE EDITOR.

Annals of Indian Administration, Vol. IX, Parts 3 and 4, Vol. X, Parts 1 to 3.-THE BENGAL GOVERNMENT.

Journal of the Chemical Society, Vol. IV; July, August and September, 1866 :-THE SOCIETY.

Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. XXII, Nos. 87, 88.-THE SOCIETY.

Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland, Vol. I, Part 2 :— THE SOCIETY.

Journal Asiatique, Vol. IV, No. 15, Vol. VII, Nos. 24, 27, Vol. VIII, No. 28, sixth series :-THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF PARIS. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. XV, Nos. 85, 86.-THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

Journal of the Statistical Society of London, Vol. XXIX, Part 3:THE SOCIETY.

Bijdragen Taal-land-en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indië, Vol. I, Parts 1 and 2, 3rd series.-THE SOCIETY.

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Vol. XXV, Part 2.-THE SOCIETY.

Journal of Sacred Literature, Vol. X, No. 19.-THE EDITORS.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology, Vol. VIII. Nos. 31, 32, 33.-THE SOCIETY.

Ditto ditto, Botany, Vol. IX, Nos. 36, 37, ditto ditto.-THE SOCIETY.