GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSES. 2$ 



tinged with violet, and almost white in some parts 

 through exceeding brilliancy. Near this cloud were 

 two others, one above the other, the upper being the 

 smaller ; these were very equally illuminated. Else- 

 where he saw two elevated prominences close to each 

 other, and in another part a protuberance resembling a 

 tooth. Keturning to the point where he had seen two 

 clouds, he found them unaltered in figure. He now 

 directed his attention to the part of the moon's limb 

 behind which the sun was about to appear. Here he 

 saV a long ridge of reddish purple colour, having a 

 serrated outline. 



M. Groldschmidt describes the appearance of one 

 of the rose-coloured prominences in the following 

 terms : * The most imposing, as well as complicated 

 of the prominences, which I will call the chandelier, 

 was grand beyond description. It rose up from the 

 limb, appearing like slender tongues of fire, and of a 

 rose colour, its edges purple and transparent, allowing 

 the interior of the prominence to be seen ; in fact, I 

 could see distinctly that the protuberance was hollow. 

 Shortly before the end of the totality I saw escape from 

 the rose-coloured and transparent sheaves of light a 

 slight display in the shape of a fan, which gave to the 

 protuberance a real resemblance to a chandelier. Its 

 base, which at the commencement of the totality was 

 noticed to be very decidedly on the black limb of the 

 moon, became slightly less attached, and the whole 

 took an appearance more ethereal or vapourish.' M. 

 Goldschmidt observed that the small jets of light 



