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stopping places for the ordinary coast steamers, 
going out from Bergen or Trondhjem, may be 
named Sannessjéen, situated on the north end of 
the Alsten Island, from which stations near the 
central line will be easily accessible, either on the 
same island or (by motor boat or local steamers) 
on some other islands towards the north-west. 
From Mosjéen, situated at the end of the deep 
Vessen Fjord, stations near the central line in the 
Vessen valley may be reached by carriage. 
Br6énné is a stopping place not far from the 
southern limit, and Bodo is a little outside the 
northern limit. Details concerning the path of the 
shadow track across Turkey and Persia and the 
accessible places for forming camps in these coun- 
tries have been described by Prof. David Todd | 
in these columns (vol. xciii., p. 311, May 21), so 
that further reference to these regions becomes 
unnecessary. 
With regard to the weather conditions that will 
be experienced, the probability of fine weather 
seems to increase the further east along the track 
the station is taken up. According to the informa- 
tion that is to hand, most of the main official ex- 
peditions will be located along the Russian portioa 
of the line, where the good weather chances are 
more promising, but this should not deter others 
from occupying Norwegian or Swedish stations, 
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for the more scattered the observers are the more 
chance there is of some results being secured. 
As to the actual expeditions that are in active 
preparation, the following statements may be 
made, and the accompanying map (Fig. 2) will 
help to indicate the positions of the stations which 
will be utilised. Dealing first with the British 
| parties, the joint permanent eclipse committee of 
the Royal and Royal. Astronomical Societies is 
sending out five observers. Three of these ob- 
servers, namely, Prof. Fowler, Mr. W. E. Curtis, 
and Major Hills, will be stationed near Kief in 
Russia, and will undertake the photography of 
the spectrum of the chromosphere during the 
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partial phases, using the iron arc as a comparison 
spectrum. For this purpose a grating will be used 
giving much higher resolving power than any 
previously employed during an eclipse. Fathers 
Cortie and O’Connor are being sent to Hernésand 
in Sweden and will undertake direct photographs 
of the corona and photographs of the spectrum of 
the corona with special regard to the yellow and 
red regions. They will be accompanied by 
Messrs. J. J. Atkinson and G. J. Gibbs as volun- 
teer helpers. 
From the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, two 
observers, Messrs. Jones and Davidson, will take 
up their station at Minsk, in Russia. The pro- 
