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OCCULTATIONS AND ECLIPSES. 



* The first contact was evinced by a sudden flattening of the limb of the planet. 

 At the Emersion, one observer noted an elongation of the body of the planet in 

 the direction of the moon's limb, and both saw distinctly a rectangular indenta- 

 tion on that part of the moon's border which was in contact with the limb of the 

 planet. 



