expanded—that is, the two centre streamers were of uniform length, and the outer ones gradually shortening, so the outer-most streamer on either side was very much shorter than those in the middle. These streamers were of a dull, opaque orange. They were distinctly divided each from each by dark bands which consisted of several fine black lines, to, probably, the number of five in each band. I am unable to fix the number of orange streamers, but would guess ten as probably correct. As the colours blue and green were certainly present, I place them outside the orange streamers—say a band of green next the outermost orange streamer on each side, and beyond, again, a band of blue. Otherwise these colours would have obscured the black lines, if contiguous to them. The head was distinctly outlined and of only the one colour; the tail almost perpendicular, and looking along it was as looking up a ladder. No sound was audible when the meteor was in view, but after I had gone into the house, and was describing what I had seen, the sound of its striking the earth or sea was heard—a loud and lengthened noise, to me like the violent shaking of all the forest trees, and evidently above ground, thereby differing from the sound accompanying an earthquake—coming from the westward; and this was followed, after a hardly perceptible interval, by a fainter sound, like an echo, to the north-east. This place is surrounded by forest trees, which would to a certain extent affect the character of the sound. The time which elapsed till the sound was heard was from three to five minutes. The direction of flight was from east to west, looking southerly. Appended is a sketch which will give an idea of the scene, and several newspaper-clippings, which are interesting as pointing to direction of flight and also as showing the discrepancy in descriptions given by several observers. At the same time it must be borne in mind that numbers of people are more or less colourblind, and so incapable of giving an accurate description of colours.

Roughly speaking, I should say the line of flight was a little to the south of a line drawn between Herbertville, on the east coast, to Foxton, on the opposite coast.