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tire observed to be more advanced in development than at otber times, 

 but not yet arrived at total maturity ; third, eggs, which according 

 to every probability belong to the Common Eel, are found in the sea 

 from the month of August to that of January inclusive ; fourth, 

 the Leptocephalus brevirostris abounds from February to September. 

 As to the other months, we are in some uncertainty, because during 

 them our only natural fisherman, the Orthagoriscus mola, appears 

 very rarely; fifth, I am inclined to believe that the elvers ascending 

 our rivers are already one year old, and I have observed that in 

 an aquarium specimens of L. brevirostris can transform themselves 

 into young elvers in one month's time. 



" Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1896. The Novaya Zemlya 

 Observations." By Sir GEORGE BADEN-POWELL, K.C.M.G., 

 M.P. Communicated by J. NORMAN LOCKYER, C.B., F.R.S. 

 Received November 19, Read November 19, 1896. 



(Abstract.) 



The author gives an account of the circumstances under which it 

 became desirable to fit out an expedition to observe the eclipse in 

 Novaya Zemlya, and the arrangements made to convey it by his 

 yacht " Otaria." 



Details are given of the observing station, the erection of the dif- 

 ferent instruments, and the scheme of work. 



The valuable spectroseopic results obtained are still under process 

 of being worked out ; but the coronagraph results are reported in 

 detail, and copies of the chief photographs are appended. The 

 meteorological and other conditions during the eclipse are duly 

 recorded. 



^Preliminary Report on the Results obtained with the Pris- 

 matic Camera during the Eclipse of 1896." By J. NORMAN 

 LOCKYER, C.B., F.R.S. Received November 17, Read 

 November 19, 1896. 



(Abstract.) 



The author first states the circumstances under which Sir George 

 Baden-Powell, K.C.M.G,, M.P., with great public spirit conveyed an 

 eclipse party to Novaya Zemlya in his yacht " Otaria," to which 

 party was attached Mr. Shackleton, one of the computers employed 

 by the Solar Physics Committee. 



The prismatic camera employed, loaned from the Solar Physics 



