cloud,  and  that  like  all  other  bodies,  it  travels  by  distinct
and  successive  stages  from  the  cloud  to  the  earth.     Why
then,  does  it  appear  to  us  to  be  but  one  continuous  stream  of
fire,  reaching  from  the  cloud  to  the  earth.     Evidently,  be-
cause its  velocity  is  so  great,  that  our  perceptions  are  not
quick  enough  to  mark  the  several  stages  of  its  progress.
