21. 1838, November 13th. A large fire-ball was seen at Cherbourg. 22. 1849, November 13th. An extraordinary meteor appeared in Italy. "Seen in the southern sky. Varied in color; a bright cloud visible one and a half hour after; according to some a detonation heard fifteen minutes after bursting. Seen also like a stream of fire between Tunis and Tripolis, where a shower of stones fell; some of them into the town of Tripolis itself." 23. 1849, November 13th. A large meteor was seen at Mecklenburg and Breslau. 24. 1856, November 12th. A meteoric stone fell at Trenzano, Italy. 25. 1866, November 14th. At Athens, Greece, a large number of bolides was seen by Mr. J. F. Julius Schmidt, during the shower of shooting-stars. One of these fire-balls was of the first class, and left a train which was visible one hour to the naked eye. II. The Epoch of August 7th-11th. 1. 1642, August 4th. A meteoric stone fell in Suffolk County, England. 2. 1650, August 6th. An aerolite fell in Holland. The observed motion of the node brings both these stone-falls within the epoch. 3. 1765, August 9th. A large bolide was seen at Greenwich. 4. 1773, August 8th. A fire-ball was seen at Northallerton. 5. 1800, August 8th. A large meteor was seen in different parts of North America. 6. 1802, August 10th. A fire-ball appeared at Quedlinburg. 7. 1807, August 9th. A bolide was seen at Nurenberg. 8. 1810, August 10th. A stone weighing seven and three-quarter pounds fell at Tipperary, Ireland. 9. 1816, August 7th. In Hungary a large fire-ball was seen to burst, with detonations. 10. 1817, August 7th. A brilliant fire-ball was seen at Augsburg. 11. 1818, August 10th. A meteoric stone, weighing seven pounds, fell at Slobodka, Russia. 12. 1822, August 7th. A meteorite fell at Kadonah, Agra. 13. 1822, August 7th. A large meteor was seen in Moravia. 14. 1822, August 11th. "A large mass of fire fell down with a great explosion" near Coblentz. 15. 1823, August 7th. Two meteoric stones fell in Nobleboro', Maine. 16. 1826, August 8th. A fire-ball was seen at Odensee. 17. 1826, August 11th. A bright meteor appeared at Halle. 18. 1833, August 10th. A fire-ball was seen at Worcestershire, England. 19. 1834, August 10th. A bolide appeared at Brussels. 20. 1838, August 9th. A fine meteor was seen in Germany. 21. 1839, August 7th. A splendid fire-ball was seen at sea. 22. 1840, August 7th. A bolide appeared at Naples. 23. 1841, August 10th. An aerolite fell at Iwan, Hungary. 24. 1842, August 9th. A greenish fire-ball was seen at Hamburg. 25. 1844, August 8th. A large meteor was seen in Brittany. 26. 1844, August 10th. A fire-ball was seen at Hamburg. 27. 1845, August 10th. A brilliant meteor was seen at London and Oxford. 28. 1847, August 9th. A large irregular meteor, "like a bright cloud of smoke," was seen at Brussels. 29. 1850, August 10th. A meteor as large as the moon was seen in Ireland. 30. 1850, August 10th. A very large bolide was observed in Paris.