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.1111 li. s]K.ill, ll .1 !•• liol M\ 



from Frcmantlf to .\citlaid<- 



<1 us to Australia, and t-xplnined to us the 



•^ 'l''pnrrm' nr. Mr. Hunt .'il^o shr.Wid u> «.. 



Ub>. rv.i; 

 Auslralia 

 <:old and 

 ^fn('rall\ 

 ft)nlinfiii . 



iiiaHiu;^ Ills fj.'iily lot 

 I njadt; the acquaint 

 ( ..ui.n..nw<'alth statist;, ...... .,.,, .., 



!lv Mt'lbourne (Jbsorvatorv. 



■.'.niii, <,( Aus-ialsn 



• >. H. Knibbs, tiv 

 ^rnini' '\!--i. ■-■ > 

 Mr 



I .1 I II u. 



Xf^rW I. 



Ell, iiuiitrr, till' ^liip wiii<h luKJ lic-n put on s|)i(i;il M-rvic- 



I,, :i^^:-: Im.:!; I.ii':.r ('iirtii' ;in(l \u\ ]);irl\ ;it tin- iTri|>si-, 



i 11- lli.il liis ship was at pri's"'nt 



' Island at Sxdiirv, and tllat hi' 



wi of th<' qu'--!i< 

 .in(4 cclips' 

 lance wiii 

 ■• <\ ill.- Solar I'ii . 

 I also ni<-t Mr. .s'ii.r 

 ,j • ,it iiitiTir,i the ><r*a 



U.l 



I)r 



prof.sM.r of ).:.-olo^y 

 m>- olf to lunch to I 



Fk;, 2. — Rain Squalls on the Equator. 



would hf ri'ady to -ail with cur party front Sx'dncv on 

 March 25 it that dale was coiivnii'Ut. W'c infoinifHl liiin 

 that this arranj^rnicni suiird uur plans admirably, and .it 

 his request w noiilird him of the amount of our lu^i;ai;i. 

 .At .Xdclaid'- Mr. C'ookc, the Ciovernment astronomer of 

 W. .\usti.ilia, .iiid Mr. Dodwcll, the Governm<iit 

 ""trononi.:- of .'^. .\ustr.ilin, met us. The Commonwealth 

 irovernnifiit i)!;iced a motor-car at our disposal, but un- 

 fortuii.attdy ^>ur time was so Hmitcd that wc wtM'e unahk 

 to make much use • 



The journey to mv.d most instructive. The 



region round Rnll.tiai. w :;-!.■ w- visit.,! ■•. ' •' r. is 

 studded with p.is' .and present r;olil eMv s. were 



shown over the most up-iivd.ate a--.i\;;;;; p'. ... , d bv 



Mr. Edwards. The followine moi'iiinL; ;i motor run of 

 too miles brought us to Uendii.;o, .md we had experience 

 of Australian cross-country roads; in manv c.is. s it was 

 a mere track, with no metal at all on it. 1 was mid that 

 I was seeing Australia under very abnormal conditions 

 for that time of vear, for instead of scenerv of pre- 

 dominating hro-i-ti tints, I was passing througti a countrv 

 as green ns any scenery in England. This was due to th'^ 



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f the Boundary < 

 h he is chief. 1 rcnt-wt-d m* 

 ddwin, who some y^-ars ago 

 itory at South K 

 assistant. I \ 

 ■ i/.>uiiuj reflector, WiUi . 

 familiar from bcK>k illustrations. My old 

 Skeats, oi the Ro\,i! College of Science, but 



"Ilbourne University, took 



of his confreres, and then 



I .< i]uick tour of th«; 



I This University 



is ert.wiiig very rapidly, and 



.arrangements are already in 



preparation for a con -id. ■ - 



I Ma increase of the v 



!• partments. I had ih' 



pi' asiir-- of in<'«?ting Mr. 



<ir.i\-"n -'e r- , who has so 



ecssiuily achieved the art 



■ ruling very thin lines on 



..^i.i-s exceedingly close to- 



i;' til r — nearer together than 



ih(.-e or. any gratings yet 



ru! showed me the 



ex: ^enious methods 



uiopting to produce 



rions of the mech- 



........ for ruling gratings. 



The work was of the very 

 Iiighest order, and he accom- 

 very portion of it him- 

 will be a grand day 

 when we can order largo-size 

 ruled gratings from Australia. 

 On the morning of March 

 16 Mr. J. Brooks, retired 

 If ieoncnutrical Survey of 

 \ v South Wales, and Mr. 

 W 1 Raymond, first assist- 

 iney Observatory, met 

 he railway station. 

 ir,..i.. -Mr. Brooks and Mr. 

 Raymond form part of ray 

 eclipse party, and both are 

 familiar with eclipse work, as they were with Mr. 

 McClean on his eclipse expeditions to Flint Island and 

 1 asmania. Further, both Mr. McClean and I had been 

 in correspondence with them from England, asking them 

 to make many preparations locally, •which they had most 

 s.itisf.ictorily carried out. Our total instrumental and 

 i;iinp equipnii'nt was increased from 4^ tons to about 

 h tons. 1 had intended to call on \'ice-.\dmiral King Hall 

 .md C.iptain Colomb, of H.M.S. Encounter, as soon as 

 pos>i!.le, hut found on my arrival that the former was 

 awav in Tasniania and the latter with his ship in dry 

 dock. .March 17 was a very busy day. First it was 

 1' cessarv to be down at the' wharf to tally off all the 

 ilipse cases as they came out of the Ot'May, though the 

 majority were not going to be moved until late that even- 

 ing. Then rh'- T.ord Mayor of Sydney was going to give 

 us ,1 civic V ' hich was to rake place at noon that 



dav. ^^"e a' '. at the Mansion House at the time 



appointed, ana v.ere met by Profs. Moors and Poltock, 

 of Sydney University, the Rev. Father Pigot (representing 

 the Eclipse Comn-''''^''-^ of th(^ .Australasian Society for the 

 .\dvancement of - Af:. J. Mangle, ilie Rev. Dr 



