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similar to the first. Others succeeded, but soon the interval of 

 time between successive bands was rapidly reduced, until for a 

 minute or more before totality they followed in extremely rapid 

 succession. I should say that in a second some six or eight 

 travelled across the sheet, and the bands themselves were clearly 

 narrower than those first seen, being now apparently not more 

 than two inches broad, while the interval between every two 

 bands seemed scarcely four inches. 



They chased one another with ever increasing speed, all, 

 however, maintaining precisely the same direction, N.E. to 

 S.W., and all parallel each to the others. 



As to their intensity, the shadows were never really black, 



SKETCH OF THE "SHADOW-BANDS." 



only faint and dim, nor did I notice any marked variations of 

 intensity ; all, to the naked eye at least, seemed fairly homo- 

 geneous. The bands themselves were not clear-cut nor defi- 

 nitely marked, but seemed quivering and tremulous, as though 

 pulsating with life. 



After totality had commenced, my gaze was simply riveted on 

 the sun with its wonderful soft silver aureole, and I really can't 

 say whether the shadow-bands still danced on. After totality 

 was over, however, we again noticed them for two or three 

 minutes, during which time their velocity was still great, and 

 the direction was, I believe, but of this I cannot be quite positive, 

 still from N.E. to S.W. But of these post-totality shadow-bands 



