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seconds-before-totality-sisnal could not be given in the 

 way agreed upon. All the photographic work, with the 

 exception of the 9-inch, then went on as if the eclipsed 

 sun were visible. The actual commencement of totality 



The time of the end of the eclipsed eclipse was also 

 noted by Mr. Thomas, and the affair was over for most 

 of us, although the colour observers and the meteoro- 

 logists continued their notes till the fourth contact. 



occurred shortly afterwards, the swoop of the shadow 

 being almost felt. This instant was noted by Mr. 

 Thomas amid a cry for lamps, especially from the time- 

 keepers and some of the obserx ers in the huts. 



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And then an unexpected thing happened. Captain King 

 Hall called his men together, and, in a few admirably 

 chosen words, expressed to me the regret of the Volages 

 that such an important attempt to advance knowledge 



