LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Princeton College, 

 Princeton, N. J., December 22, 18S3. 

 SiE : I biive tbe honor to transmit to you, tbrongh tbe bands of Professor Cofflu, the report 

 of tbe committee of tbe Academy, to wliicb was intrusted tbe arrangements for securing obser- 

 vations of tlie eclipse of May, 1883. It contains tbe reports and observations of Professor Holden 

 and bis associates in tbe expedition, and 1 Jiave, in compliance witb a request of tbe comnnttee. 

 prefixed a brief introduction, giving an account of tbe proceedings of tbe committee and of the 

 organization of tbe party. 

 Very truly yours, 



C. A. YOUNG, Chairman. 

 Prof. O. C. Marsh, 



President of the National Academy of Sciences. 



