AT SANTIAGO DE CHILE. 13 



DECK9IBER 15, 18*9 Continued. 



Remarks. 



Observations prior to 5h. 8m. are by 110 means satisfactory ; the image of Murs bring tremulous as though floating in a basin of agitated mercury, 

 and badly defined. 



a Then- was probably a slip of the telescope between c Tolerably good observation. 



wires A and It, occasioned by rapid turning of the d Observations tolerably good during the remainder of 



mi'-mriM-tiT screw. the series made by Mr. J. M. G. 



b Micrometer reading recorded -f 5.62. e Observed by Mr. MacKae. 



