390 Royal Astronomical Society, 
other objects of interest) was the appearance of three large protube- 
vances apparently emanating from the circumference of the moon, but 
evidently forming a portion of the corona. They had the appearance 
of mountains of a prodigious elevation: their colour was red, tinged 
with lilac or purple : perhaps the colour of the peach-blossom would 
more nearly represent it. They somewhat resembled the snowy 
tops of the Alpine mountains, when coloured by-the rising or setting 
sun. They resembled the Alpine mountains also in another respect, 
inasmuch as their light was perfectly steady, and had none of that 
flickering or sparkling motion so visible in other parts of the corona. 
All the three projections were of the same roseate cast of colour, 
and very distinct from the brilliant vivid white light that formed the 
corona: but they differed from each other in magnitude, I have 
endeavoured to represent the appearance of the shape, size, and po- 
sition of these several protuberances in the accompanying drawing, 
and have numbered them in the order in which they were first seen 
by me. My attention was drawn, first of all, to No, 1*, which is 
situate considerably to the right of the vertical point in the cireum- 
ference; and on looking round the moon I observed the other two. 
The largest of them was No. 2, which appeared to be bifurcated, and 
the separation of the parts was discernible even to the base, so that 
they might be taken for two distinct projections, one overlaying the 
other. No. 3 was not quite so large as No.1. The whole of 
these three protuberances were visible even to the last moment of 
total obscuration, at least J never lost sight of them when looking 
in that direction ; and when the first ray of light was admitted from 
the sun, they vanished with the coroza, altogether, and daylight 
was instantaneously restored. 
I should mention that this drawing represents the appearances as 
seen in a telescope that inverts; and it may be interesting to know 
that the moon made the first impression on the sun’s disc very near 
the point No. 3, and left it very near the point No.1. My atten- 
tion was so constantly taken up by these remarkable and unexpected 
appearances, that I omitted to watch for the re-appearance of the 
beads, and therefore cannot add my testimony to the re-occurrence 
of that phenomenon. 
The darkness, during the time of total obscuration, was not so 
great as I had anticipated. I had caused a lighted candle to be pre- 
pared, in order to be ready in case of need; but I eventually extin- 
guished it, as I found I could read yery small print, and note the 
time by my chronometer, without its assistance. Prior to the com- 
mencement of the eclipse I had observed a great number of swallows 
flying about; but towards the middle of the eclipse they had all 
vanished, and did not make their appearance again till a few minutes 
after the first ray of light emanated from the sun, when they were 
as active, and soon became as numerous, as ever. 
During the time of total obscuration, I examined carefully with 
* These numbers refer to a plate illustrating the paper as given in the 
Monthly Notices, 
