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continent, will serve very well. Indeed, England has 

 so many stations to occupy elsewhere that it is doubtful 

 whether she will care to undertake the dangerous and 

 difficult task of exploring the Antarctic wastes to secure 

 the best southern stations. The work may fairly be 

 left to other nations, and doubtless will be efficiently 

 carried out. 



What England will actually undertake has not yet 

 been fully decided upon. We may be quite certain 

 that she will send out a party to Woahoo or Hawaii to 

 observe the accelerated commencement of the transit. 

 She will also send observers to watch the retarded 

 commencement, but whether to Crozet Island, Ker- 

 guelen Land, Mauritius, or Kodriguez is uncertain. 

 Possibly two parties will be sent out for this purpose, 

 and most likely Rodriguez and Mauritius will be the 

 places selected. It had been thought until lately that 

 the sun would be too low at some of the places when 

 the transit begins, but a more exact calculation of the 

 circumstances of the transit has shown this to be a 

 mistake. Both Crozet Island and Kerguelen Land are 

 very likely to be enveloped in heavy mists when the 

 transit begins that is, soon after sunrise hence the 

 choice of Mauritius and Rodriguez as the most suitable 

 station. 



England will also be called on to take an important 

 part in observing the accelerated end of the transit. 

 A party will probably be sent to Chatham Island or 

 Campbell Island, not far from New Zealand. It had 

 been thought that at the former island the sun would 



