Abstract
OBSERVATIONS of this well-known annual display were much hindered by moonlight, though the weather was generally clear at about the time of the maximum. Our satellite was full on the evening of August 10, and obscured all the smaller meteors. Apart, however, from this interference, the shower of 1900 seems to have been a somewhat scanty one. It furnished a considerable number of large meteors it is true, and of these it is hoped the real paths may be computed; but on the nights of August 10 and 11 observers were somewhat disappointed with the character of their results. The effect of the full moon's influence in practically obliterating a meteoric shower may not, however, have been given sufficient weight. The best night appears to have been August 12, when shooting stars were tolerably frequent considering the circumstances.
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