s. |In Portugal |February 19, 1796 |Southey. |
|Shower of stones |Benares, East |December 19, 1798 |J. Lloyd |
| | Indies | | Williams, Esq. |
|Shower of stones |At Plaun, near |July 3, 1753 |B. de Born. |
| | Tabor, Bohemia | | |
|Mass of iron, |America |April 5, 1800 |Philosophical |
| 70 cubic feet | | | Mag. |
|Mass of iron, |Abakauk, Siberia |Very old |Pallas, Chladni, |
| 14 quintals | | | &c. |
|Shower of stones |Barboutan, near |July 1789 |Darcet Jun., |
| | Roquefort | | Lomet, &c. |
|Large stone of |Ensisheim, Upper |November 7, 1492 |Butenschoen. |
| 260lbs. | Rhine | | |
|Two stones, 200 |Near Verona |In 1762 |Acad. de Bourd. |
| and 300lbs. | | | |
|A stone of 20lbs. |Sules, near Ville |March 12, 1798 |De Dree. |
| | Franche | | |
|Several stones from |Near L'Aigle, |April 26, 1803 |Fourcroy. |
| 10 to 17lbs. | Normandy | | |
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Some of the instances in the table are of sufficient interest to deserve
a notice.

A singular relation respecting the stone of Ensisheim on the Rhine, at
which philosophy once smiled incredulously, regarding it as one of the
romances of the middle ages, may now be admitted to sober attention as a
piece of authentic history. A homely narrative of its fall was drawn up
at the time by order of the Emperor Maximilian, and deposited with the
stone in the church. It may thus be rendered: "In the year of the Lord
1492, on Wednesday, which was Martinmas eve, the 7th of November, a
singular miracle occurred; for, between eleven o'clock and noon, there
was a loud clap of thunder, and a prolonged confused noise, which was
heard at a great distance; and a stone fell from the air, in the
jurisdiction of Ensisheim, which weighed two hundred and