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DURING the last few nights we have seen numerous flights of small meteors; indeed, so frequent have they been, that they have attracted the notice of the most casual observers. I first observed them on the night of the 9th inst. No fixed direction seems to be followed; in fact, I saw one display such as I have never seen before, which will illustrate my meaning. Two fair-sized meteors proceeded severally from the neighbourhood of Castor and Pollux, and crossed mid-way between those two stars. To me it was a very interesting sight.
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LAYARD, E. Meteors in New Caledonia. Nature 21, 397 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021397b0
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