ECLIPSES. 



" The position of this protuberance may be inaccurate to a few 

 degrees, being more hastily noticed than the others. It was of a 

 deep rose colour, and rather paler near the middle than at the 



11 Proceeding southward, at about 145 from the north point 

 commenced a low ridge of red prominences, resembling in outline 

 the tops of a very irregular range of hills. The highest of these 

 probably did not exceed 40". This ridge extended through 50 

 or 55, and reached, therefore, to about 197 from the north point, 

 its base being throughout formed by the sharply- defined edge of 

 the moon. The irregularities at the top of the ridge seemed to bo 

 permanent, but they certainly appeared to undulate from the west 

 towards the east ; probably an atmospheric phenomenon, as the 

 wind was in the west. 



" At about 220 commenced another low ridge of the same cha- 

 racter, and extending to about 250, less elevated than the other, 

 and also less irregular in outline, except that at about 225 a very 

 remarkable protuberance rose from it to an altitude of H', or more. 

 The tint of the low ridge was a rather pale pink ; the colour of the 

 more elevated prominence was decidedly deeper, and its brightness 

 much more vivid. In form it resembled a dog's tusk, the convex 

 side being northwards, and the concave to the south. The apex 

 was somewhat acute. This protuberance, and the low ridge con- 

 nected with it, were observed and estimated in height towards 

 the end of the totality. 



" A small double -pointed prominence was noticed at about 

 255, and another low one with a broad base, at about 263. 

 These were also of the rose-coloured tint, but rather paler than 

 the large one at 225. 



" Almost directly preceding, or at 270, appeared a bluntly tri- 

 angular pink body, suspended, as it were, in the corona. This 

 was separated from the moon's edge when first seen, and the 

 separation increased as the moon advanced. It had the appear- 

 ance of a large conical protuberance, whose base was hidden by 

 some intervening soft and ill-defined substance, like the upper- 

 part of a conical mountain, the lower portion of which was obscured 

 by clouds or thick mist. I think the apex of this object must 

 have been at least 1' in altitude from the moon's limb when first 

 seen, and more than 1^' towards the end of total obscuration. Its 

 colour was pink, and I thought it paler in the middle. 



" To the north of this, at about 280 or 285, appeared the most 

 wonderful phenomenon of the whole. A red protuberance, of 

 vivid brightness and very deep tint, arose to a height of, perhaps, 

 1^' when first seen, and increased in length to 2', or more, as the 

 moon's progress revealed it more completely. In shape it some- 

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