A very interesting phenomenon was witnessed at Hsiichien on the 17th ult. It was nearly sunset, there was a thin curtain of misty clouds over the horizon, when suddenly a "star" came burning across the sky. The blazing trail was visible a long way in the wake of the meteor. Its vivid low made the sombre afternoon luminous ra moment. The course of the meteor was in the plane of the veil of cloud; for as it went it dissipated the clouds in its track and left a long, clear streak across half of the sky. This ribbon was visible for many minutes, Afterwardsthe clouds drifted gradually and unevenly so the straight path took serpentine course down the sky.
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