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minutes after second contact, the shadow was clear and 

 black, but I could make out no image of the satellite. 



When the II shadow was half way across the planet, I 

 could not see the image of II at the clearest intervals. 



At fortj-three minutes after the second contact of III, 

 the shadow looked elongated; a minute later, I saw a small 

 darkish speck where the image of III should be, and the 

 shadow of this speck immediately suggested a balloon and 

 its car. In place of the white image of the satellite, there 

 was a small darkish speck, and as the seeing was difficult, I 

 could not detect any definite form to it. This appearance 

 continued until the satellite was nearly half way across the 

 planet's disc. The planet was getting low down, day had 

 broken, and the haze was increasing, so further observa- 

 tions were discontinued. 



Several sketches were made of the planet during the 

 transits. 



