B04 Beppicker—Wotes on the Aspect of the Planet Mars. 
Plate VI., Fig 10.—1884, February 24—1. 1 =286°7. Power, 144. 
Rather clear, and steady. Very difficult. The preceding continent red- 
dish, more so than the following one. 
Both drawings show Mare Cimmerium, Hesperia, and Syrtis Major. Syrtis 
Minor was not seen as a separate indentation. The north preceding spot is 
Alcyonius Sinus, together with Astapus, the north following one (especially on 
fig. 10), the Nilus. Along the preceding limb of the disc we have again a slight 
indication of the Cyclopum. 
Plate VI., Fig. 11.—1884, February 24—2. L=303°2. Power, 144. 
Clear, and steady. The preceding features not satisfactorily made out. 
Outline of the large following continent quite correct. 
Plate VI., Fig. 12.—1884, April 1—2. L=307°°6. Power, 144. 
Clear, but the planet boiling very much. Exceedingly difficult. The 
preceding coast of the large following continent very bright, almost as 
if cut off by a dark canal. Northern spots not well discerned. North 
pole very bright. 
Both drawings represent Syrtis Major ; the former, however, with considerably 
more detail than the latter. Particularly the following coast and the Nilus are 
delineated with much more accuracy in fig. 11. In sketch, fig. 12, the brightness 
of the following coast is of a particular interest, as its cause lies probably in the 
planet’s own atmosphere. 
Plate VIL, Fig. 13.—1884, February 24—3. L=317°:4. Power, 144. 
Very clear. The bright line from the corner of the following continent 
only with difficulty made out, but the drawing correct. The southern 
coast of this continent almost a perfectly straight line. 
Syrtis Major is again near the preceding limb; the light streak in it is probably 
a trace of Oenotria, or of, the semi-bright Japigia, lying off Hammonis Cornu in 
Schiaparell’s chart of 1879, It is very similarly delineated in my sketch of 1881, 
December 21 (/. ¢. fig. 15, Pl. 87). The shading on the middle of the disc is 
probably an indication of Euphrates and Phison. Nilus is shown unmistakably ; 
its doubleness is in good agreement with Schiaparelli’s chart of 1882. 
