There is a minor display of meteors every few years at the end «f November, and this is of greater scientific interest than - ( the greater and less frequent exhibition of the middle of the month. There was fee , - , meriy a small oomet known aa Biela'e, which - completed the round of its orbit in six yean ; and eight months. Much alarm was caused -- in 1832 by the prediction that it would cntfe : the earth's path. No damage took plaes however, except pa-baps to to« comet In - 1846 it was observed to have woken ioto two parti At its next return in 1852, tie ,< two parts were millions of mSec asunder. Since then it has been due six or seven timet, but has never been, seen, and ife ie now tt- , ■; garded as lost. As a> comet, it has perished. -j It was known I&at the path and the period ',* of the meteor of Novembar 16th agreed ex- 1 ftctly witfe the path and period.of Tewpel'a comet. Hence, when Bksla's comet could ? not be found in 1866, «ea» one suggested that a watch should be kept for meteors in the last week in November. A considerable was - seen, which, fulfilled all the conditions required, to. associate it with t& lost comet. An astronomer then thought that as the meteors, the great balk of which had, of course, escaped the earth's grip, were travelling south, they might be sen as a telescopic cloud in the Southern hemi sphere. Hβ telegraphed to a Southern as tronomer, and in the Tery spot indicated, a luminous patch, like a faint comet, was sees. This was travelling in the orbit of the lost comet, though months behind where the comet should have been, and it • was be lieved to nave been sunlight reflected from a flying cloud of meteoric matter. Other comets beddes Biela's tet*e been known to f soffer disruption. For example the great comet of 1832 is said to have parted into - four, and Brooksfa comet in 15859 had four -% fragment* accompanying it, but had lost' -- them at ita next return. These and other i. facts have led to libs belief practically that all :. shooting stare travel in the path of farmer": comets. 