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Ngami, then through Matabeleland, about fifty miles northof Bulawayo, 
right through Mashonaland (almost directly over Fort Charter), crossing 
the Zambesi at its junction with the Shire River, and finally passing off 
the continent at 2 h. 16 m. (G.M.T.). 
The zone of annular eclipse is 220 miles wide and within it are: 
Pl Time of Pl Time of 
aes Max. Eclipse. Pees Max. Eclipse. 
G.M.T. _ GMT. 
H. M. H. M. 
Angra Pequina~ - 1 30 Fort Charter - - 2 8 
Bulawayo - - 2 4 Fort Salisbury = - 2 8 
Fort Victoria - 258 Quilimane - - 2 14 
In the Cape Colony the eclipses wili be partial, but yreater of course in 
the Western than in the Eastern Provinces. In the former districts the 
sun will be about two-thirds eclipsed, in the latter a half. The time of 
maximum phase at Cape Town will be 1 h. 28. m. (G.M.T.). 
(4) Total Eclipse of May 9, 1929. 
The central shadow of this eclipse touches the earth at a point 460 
miles south-east of St John’s River. Accordingly, at Pondoland and 
in Natal the maximum eclipse will take place at sunrise. In the 
Colony the amount of eclipse will be greatest at the sea-coast, and will 
amount to a little over two-thirds of the sun’s disc. The eclipse will be 
well seen at East London. 
In all the Western Provinces the maximum phase will be over before 
sunrise. 
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(5) Annular Eclipse of August 10, 1934. 
The central shadow of this eclipse touches the continent at a point thirty 
miles south of Mossamedes, at 7 h. 22 m. morning (G.M.T.). Its course 
is then in the form of a curve almost touching the Zambesi near the 
Victoria Falls, passing near the town of Bulawayo, where the middle of 
eclipse takes place at 8 h. 13 m., and finally leaves the continent at 
8h. 34 m., at a point midway between Inhambane and the mouth of 
the Limpopo. In the Transvaal the eclipse will be greater than in the 
Colony, about 100 miles of country, forming a triangle between the 
Limpopo River and the Longwe Mountains, being within the zone of 
annular eclipse. In the Cape Colony the amount of eclipse will be 
_ about one half—greater in the eastern, less in the western districts. 
At Johannesburg the time of maximum eclipse will be 8 h. 24 m. 
(GM.T"). 
