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equatorial streamers. Father Woodman's comparison of the appearance 

 of a structure of mother of pearl was generally recognized as good, but 

 different observers differed on the color estimate. A yellowish green 

 tinge was noted by the artist of the party, Mr. Child, while to others 

 the light was straw colored or golden. 



The general coronal form to the naked eye was nearly that of the 

 small annexed photograph, which, though taken by one of the smaller 

 objectives, gives a good view of the relative intensities. The same ex- 



Fig. 1. General View of the Corona. Taken with 6 inch Lens of 1)4 feet Focus. 

 82 Seconds Extosure. 



tensions of the equatorial corona could be followed by the naked eye 

 from 3 to 3^ solar diameters. 



The visual telescopic observations of the writer gave little indica- 

 tion of the finely divided structure of the inner corona which he had 

 noticed at Pike's Peak. Structure, to be sure, was evident, but not in 

 such minute subdivision as had then been seen, and though one re- 

 markable prominence as well as several smaller ones was visible, the 

 coronal streamers did not give to the writer the impression of being 



