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able to regulate our chronometers to a nicety. In order 

 to make everything sure, we set up our instruments a 

 couple of hours beforehand, and commenced to observe. 

 We used the large telescope and our large theodolite. 

 Hansen, Johansen, and myself took it by turns to sit for 

 five minutes each at the instruments, watching the rim of 

 the sun, as we expected a shadow would become visible 

 on its lower western edge, while another stood by with 

 the watch. We remained thus full two hours without 

 anything occurring. The exciting moment was now at 

 hand, when, according to calculation, the shadow should 

 first be apparent. Hansen was sitting by the large tele- 

 scope when he thought he could discern a quivering 

 in the sun's rim ; 2)3 seconds afterwards he cried out,. 

 'Now!' as did Johansen simultaneously. 71ie watch 

 was then at 1 2 hrs. 56 min. 7.5 sec. A dark body ad- 

 vanced over the border of the sun 7^ seconds later than 

 we had calculated on. It was an immense satisfaction 

 for us all, especially for Hansen, for it proved our chro- 

 nometers to be in excellent order. Little by little the 

 sunlight sensibly faded away, while we went below to 

 dinner. At 2 o'clock the eclipse was at its height, and 

 we could notice even down in the saloon how the day- 

 lio;ht had diminished. After dinner we observed the 

 moment when the eclipse ended, and the moon's dark 

 disk cleared the rim of the sun. 



" Sunday, April 8th. I was lying awake yesterday 

 morning thinking about getting up, when all at once I 



