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The markings of the phinet were quite distinct. The 

 darker color of the pole was gradually toned down until it 

 met the second moderately faint belt south of the equator. 

 The second belt was quite dark but appeared to have a more 

 marked darkness on the following side of the central line, 

 where it should have been brighter on account of the sun- 

 light. Then came the bright equatorial belt without mark- 

 ings and north of it a narrow dark band about half as broad 

 as the trace of the dusky ring across the planet, with a nar- 

 row dark band about half as broad as the trace of the dusky 

 ring across the planet, with a narrow lighter space between 

 it and the edge of the dusky ring. 



January 8, 1886. The atmosphere was unsteady, but at 

 quiet moments I saw the Encke division by using a power 

 of 250 diameters. Observations made with the Clark Equa- 

 torial of 6.4 inches. 



January 25, 1886. The atmosphere was wonderfully 

 steady. I saw the dusky ring of Saturn with powers as low 

 as 150 diameters, and the equatorial beltings were beauti- 

 fully sharp. The shape of the shadow on the outer part of 

 the B ring was apparently not so recurved as heretofore. I 

 saw the limbs of the planet through the dusky ring to the 

 inner edge of ring B. I was able to follow the grayish in- 

 ner edge of the B ring across the body of the planet and in 

 contrast with the dusky ring below it. The Encke division 

 at the preceding part of the ellipse was clearly outside the 

 middle of A; at the following part it was barely outside the 

 middle of A; no difference of breadth of the Cassini divis- 

 ion could be distinguislied at either extreme. 



February 14, 1886. Atmosphere steady. Carried powers 

 to 450 diameters. The Encke division clearly exhibited; 

 on the preceding side it is outside the middle oi A, on the 

 following side it is barely inside the middle of ^ ; I carry 

 it well down to the narrow part of the ellipse. The dusky 

 ring is well seen and it seems that the inner edge extends 

 more than half way from B to the planet. The limbs of the 



