On a Meteorite which Fell Near Jafferabad in India on April 28, 1893¹

Abstract

PARTICULARS have recently reached this country concerning the fall of a meteorite near Jafferabad in the south-east of Kathiawar, a native State adjoining the Bombay presidency. Dr. J. W. Evans, the geologist to the State of Kathiawar, has kindly forwarded to me a translation of the report sent in by the local official. It is curious that a fall of Nagali Jaowar (a kind of seed used as food by the poorer people of the country) is said to have occurred at the same time as the fall of the stone. As suggested by Dr. Evans, the seed may have been carried a short distance by the wind, which is very strong on the coast of Kathiawar at the time of year when the fall occurred. The spot where the fall took place is a flat region of recent limestone. Dr. Evans adds that the official report is interesting, as it is the account of a man who never heard of a meteorite, and to whom the fall of grain is as probable as that of stones. The report is as follows:—