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It may be noted that No. 1 is lost in the corona on the photographs taken at Sobral. 

 The star, No. 13, of magnitude 8-0, is shown on some of the astrographic plates 

 at Sobral. 



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6. The track of the eclipse runs from North Brazil across the Atlantic, skirting the 

 African coast near Cape Palmas, passing through the Island of Principe, then across 

 Africa to the western shores of Lake Tanganyika. Enquiry as to the suitable sites and 

 probable weather conditions was kindly made by Mr. HINKS. It appeared that a station 

 in North Brazil, the Island of Principe, and a station on the west of Lake Tanganyika 

 were possible. A station near Cape Palmas did not seem desirable from the meteoro- 

 logical reports though, as the event proved, the eclipse was observed in a cloudless sky 



