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and thickening of the clouds before a heavy shower of rain. e dark- 
ness was at no time so great that the title page of the Nautical Alma- 
nac could not be read with facility. The instant of the end of the total 
eclipse was determined by the observation of a sudden change in the in- 
tensity of the light, although the disc of the sun was not seen for some 
- time afterward ere were two strata of clouds, an upper stratum 
With openings through which the dise of the sun was at times seen, and 
a lower stratum of thin scudding clouds, which served as a screen dur- 
ing the greater part of the time, for observing the eclipse when it was 
seen through the openings in the stratum above ‘ 
he following are the results of the observations made with the tele- 
scope and sextant: 
Latitude of station, - - - 53° 45/ 46” 
Chronometer fast of local time, - - jh 54m 14-1 
Ending of total eclipse, - 18 30° -589 
Last contact, - - - - ware Meer s 91 
Last contact with large spot, - - i ee 
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means of getting away or writing home. Finally an arrangement was 
made with Mr, M’Kinney, ae coming through to St. Paul with — 
