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neat and satisfactor5^ We also photographed the sun with the 

 Potter lens. Then made some star trails with excellent results. 



Aug. 27 was a beautiful Sunday. Dr. Marsh conducted divine 

 service at 3 p.m. Mr. E. W. Maunder preached a very excellent 

 sermon on the book of Job. The principal point brought out was : 

 Man should serve God at any cost. The night was very cold. 

 The mercury came down almost to freezing point. 



The 28th of August was taken up in the forenoon by reg. 

 ulating the driving clocks, photographing the sun with all the 

 instruments, proving the shutters and drilling. In the after. 

 noon Dr. Marsh repaired the driving clock for the Matthew equa- 

 torial telescope belonging to the Greenwich Observatory equip- 

 ment. During the afternoon we welcomed the return of the King 

 Edward with the second edition of our party, consisting of Mr. 

 Joseph Pope, C.M.G., Under Secretary of State ; M. Aldous, Win- 

 nipeg ; F'ather Choquette, St. Hyacinthe ; Rev. A. Lajunesse, 

 Ottawa ; J. E. Maybee, Toronto ; D. J. Howell, Toronto ; A. S. 

 Johnson, B.A., Ph.D., Chicago, editor of Tech^iical World, and 

 Father Seymour. Mr. James Plaskett photographed the sun 

 with the 45-foot camera, but the sky was not conducive to per- 

 fect results. At night the sky clouded, but clear in the north, 

 when a fine aurora was visible. 



Aug. 29. Rained all da\' and weather very cold. We lit a 

 fire in the old church again and warmed ourselves by its welcome 

 glow. Night after night we had sat around the open camp fire, 

 sang songs and cracked jokes, hwK. to-night no fire, no jokes. We 

 retired wjth deep forebodings as to the weather on the morrow, 

 as the sky was densely overcast and the prospect of seeing the 

 eclipse was very poor. 



Aug. 30. The Eclipse Day. Dr. Marsh was the first in camp 

 to turn out. At 1.30 and 3.30 a.m. he turned out to look at the 

 .sky, but came back to the tent each time with gloomy news. We 

 both got out of bed at 5 o'clock, and had all our instruments in 

 perfect working order, hoping to the last moment that the clouds 

 might break. All the photographic astronomers filled their plate- 



