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appearance. They did not observe any rays spreading 

 from it. The central disc they think is a reflected 

 image of the sun, and the enclosing ring is a rainbow. 

 The ring was in thickness about one-fourth of the dia- 

 meter of the disc, and distant from it by about the 

 same extent; but the recollection of one informant was 

 that the ring touched the disc, without any intervening 

 space. The shadow of a head, when thrown upon it, 

 covered about one-eighth of the whole diameter of the 

 meteor. The rainbow ring was not quite complete in 

 its lower part, but they attribute this to the interposi- 

 tion of the edge of the precipice. They see no reason 

 why the appearance should not be visible at night when 

 the moon is brilliant and appositely placed. They pro- 

 fess themselves to have been a good deal surprised, but 

 not startled, by the spectacle. They would consider 

 it remarkable rather than astonishing, and are disposed 

 to call it a very impressive phenomenon." 



It is to be regretted that Mr. Baber failed to see 

 the " Glory," and that we in consequence miss his own 

 description of it. There seems a slight inadvertence 

 in the statement that the head could be got out of the 

 way by stooping. The shadow of the head must have 

 always occupied the centre of the " Glory." 



Thus, starting from the first faint circle seen in the 

 thick darkness at Alp Lusgen, we have steadily followed 

 and developed our phenomenon, and ended by rendering 

 the " Glory of Buddha " a captive of the laboratory. 

 The result might be taken as typical of larger things. 



[On Sept. 25, 1890, my friend M. Sarasin and my- 

 self witnessed at Alp Lusgen a very perfect example 

 of the white bow. See page 329.] 



