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liaving been made by a large man in moccasins stepping upon a soft surface and 

 slipping forward an inch or so. The impressions are nearly or quite one inch 

 -deep. 



There is another rock in the vicinity said to be similarly marked with hu- 

 man foot-prints, both of adults and children, also with those of a bear; these, 

 Tiowever, are believed to have been carved with some tool. Those referred to 

 above show no evidence of having been cut or carved, but rather, if not real im- 

 pressions of human feet, appear to be the result of accidental scaling off and 

 weathering into this peculiar shape. 



ASTRONOMY. 



OBSERVATIONS OF COMET B, 1882. 



PROF. H S. S. SMITH. 



The equipment of this Observatory does not suffice for measures of position, 

 or for spectroscopic or photographic investigations. Attention has, therefore, 

 been entirely directed to observation of the appearance and changes in the struct- 

 ure of the comet. The telescope used is a comet-seeker having an object-glass 

 five and five-eighths inches in diameter and a focal length of forty-two inches. 

 The tube is bent so that the eye-piece is always horizontal, the reflector being a 



