* Astronomy

Of this meteorite two stones at ]east and probably more fell at about 8 p.m. on April 30, 1925, after appearance of a bright light and a loud detonation. The largest stone, according to an account by Mr. A. J. R. Atkin, fell 'at 8.15 p.m.' at Queens Mercy about 20 miles from Matatiele, Cape Province. There was a loud noise and a bright light, and the natives fled to the bush and found the meteoric stone next morning near a hut. It was a large stone measuring about 18 x 12 x 9 inches and projecting about one foot above the ground. As the medicine-man said that if used as a talisman good luck would come to the wearers, the stone was broken up and distributed in small pieces as 'muti', and only a few fragments, two, however, weighing over 6 lb. each, appear to have been recovered. The smaller nearly complete stone was obtained from Chief Jeremiah Moshesh and handed over to Mr. Warren by Mr. G. Pyke, Postmaster of Matatiele. According to Mr. Pyke's account it fell ' at 7.55 p.m. and fell from east to west. I saw it and also saw it break up. There was a bright light like a motor head-light. After it burst I heard a noise exactly like thunder which lasted about three seconds (I walked a distance of about 100 yards between the bursting and the noise). It fell about 15 miles from here (Matatiele) and over a radius of about 5 miles, just under, or within five miles of the Drakensberg range.' The time of fall, 7.55 p.m., was given by Mr. Pyke, as he 'happened to be coming out of our public library at the time and had just looked at the clock on passing out of the door'.
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