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Limiting ourselves in this preliminary report to those points from 
which possibly a result of some value can be derived, we will omit 
the observations mentioned sub III and VI. 
I. The drawings of the corona, of which a fairly large number 
(39) has been sent in, show much smaller discrepancies than have 
generally been recorded before. (See e. g. ABBE’S report of the total 
eclipse of July 1878). This fact must be ascribed to the care with 
which evidently the observations have been prepared. 
Probably the policy recommended in the , Directions”, and which has 
been followed up by several observers, of making one person respons- 
ible for only one quadrant, or one half of the corona, has done 
much towards securing a good result, while also the long duration 
of totality (maximum 6™.4) naturally was a very favourable cir- 
cumstance. 
In the following table the localities have been arranged from West 
to Hast. 
== zee = = —<$—$—$—$$_ — ZIE 
LOCALITY. a Remarks. 
Kort de: Kools. wete 1 whole and 8 quadr. fair 
Padang Pandjang....... RAE. ber jek = ED good 
Karang Sago ss... 2... at eae wie | DO fair | partly clouded. 
Bajacombo. 6.72: acc). eer eave fair 
Moeara Tambesi........ hi ai useless 
BUGIS 10 en ede el 1 » and 2 halves | very good 
Pontianake tent 1 «7 » 4 quadr. | very good 
Moeara Djawa......... r | fair 
Samaras SP 25, Aa ete ais Ourte good cirrus clouds. A screen 
has been used to cover 
the bright parts of the 
corona. 
NBPRPDER!. rete 2 y» and 8 quadr, very good 
U's rrd a ee BR fair 
GHBRBE: Sapore etna ae 3 or fair 
Total 39 drawings. 
