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us. Our log of lectures, &c., between January 5 and 17, 

 runs something like this : — 



Lectures, &c., January 5-17, 1898. 



Wednesday, January 5. 



General lecture. 

 Corona drawing. 



Thursday, yanttary 6. 

 Corona drawing, conducted by Mr. Fowler. 



Saturday, January 8. 

 Lecture on spectra (forenoon). 

 Lecture on spectra (afternoon). 

 Colours of landscape, by Lieut. Dugmore, R.N. 

 Corona drawing. 



Monday, January lO. 

 Lecture on spectra, by Lieut. Colbeck, R.N. 



Tuesday, January 11. 



Lecture on spectra, by Enjjineer Mountifield, R.N. 

 Colours of landscape, by Lieut. Dugmore, R.N. 

 Corona drawing, by Lieut. Dutjmore, R N. 



Rehearsal of drills for — 

 6" prismatic camera — 9" prismatic camera — Integrating 

 telescope — ^Descriptions and sketches of corona, with 

 discs — 6" equatorial — 3^" equatorial — Timekeepers — 

 Coronograph — Colours of landscape. 



Monday, Januaiy 17. 

 Drillfor— 



6" equatorial, conducted by Prof. Pedler. 

 Instruction on landscape cameras, by Messrs. Fowler and 

 Turner. 



Rehearsal at eclipse time of drills for — 



6 " prismatic camera — 9 " prismatic camera -^ Integrating 

 telescope — 6" equatorial — Timekeepers— Coronograph. ' 



"Rehearsal at t^ p.m. of— 



6" prismatic camera — Integrating telescope — Timekeepers 

 — Description and sketches of corona, with discs-7-3|" 

 equatorial— Coronograph — Colours of landscape — Kine- 

 matograph for shadow. , 



The climate here is delightful, and the weather has 

 been up to the expected standard. To-day we have 

 had a good deal of cloud after eclipse time ; but our 



Fig. 2. — Camp, Monday, January 17. All instruments adjusted and drills commenced. 



Wednesday, January 12. 

 Sketches of corona, with discs. 



Thursday, January 13. 

 Colours of landscape, by Lieut. Dugmore, R.N. 

 Sketches of corona, with discs. 



Jiehearsal of drills for — 



6" prismatic camera — 9" prismatic camera — Description and 

 sketches of corona, with discs — Timekeepers. 



Friday, January 14. 

 Lecture on observations of stars during totality, by Lieut. 

 Blackett, R.N. 



Jiehearsal of drills for — 



6" prismatic camera — 9" prismatic camera — Integrating 

 telescope — Descriptions and sketches of corona, with 

 discs — 6" equatorial — 34" equatorial — Timekeepers — 

 Coronograph — Colours of landscape. 



Saturday, January 15. 

 Drillfor— 

 6' equatorial (morning), conducted by Prof. Pedler. 



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hopes are very high in spite of this, for it all disappeared 

 before sundown, and to-night the zodiacal light has 

 testified to the clearness of the air. From the first the 

 arrangements of the Public Works Department have 

 been admirable, and all the work has gone on like clock- 

 work, till at last a large space in the Forts is now 

 covered with structures of matting shielding the instru- 

 ments, which leave nothing to be desired. Great pre- 

 cautions have also been taken against exposure to the 

 sun, and as a result we are all perfectly well. It is 

 impossible to say enough as to the help which the 

 Captain of the Melpomene has given to the whole enter- 

 prise ; he has anticipated all requirements dov/n to the 

 minutest detail. As at Kio a signal station has been 

 established, and everything the ship can lend, down to 

 fire-buckets, is at our disposal in twenty minutes. The 

 Collector of Ratnagiri, Mr. Bomanji, is also encamped 

 here. At present he is our host, and any local assist- 

 ance necessary is at once rendered ; at first we had great 

 difficulties, as the Bombay authorities imagined every- 

 thing could be worked from the ship. 



