226 Scientijic Intelligence. 



spoetrum would reveal to us solid or liquid matter in the circum- 

 solar regions; a spectrum continuous or not containing \)n^\\ 

 lines would give us gases or vapors ; the ordinary solar spectrum, 

 with \t< iliirk lines, would indicate matter inca])able of radiation 

 ■ :;. ,1:1. 1 th'.'refoi-e cool, refieeting to us ordinary sunlight. It is 



■ 1' ■<■! (Ml slm 'lio'ht" Ii'I Vsent usk^ o wn ; an'rVtilTmor "'po V 



maze of ditHculties wliicli \w(h\ not be discussed here. 



The sy>trm of skt'tciiing introduced for this eclipse is at onoe 



present time, 'have l>een con vei-sat ions with some of the Amcru;in 

 members of the Sicilian expedition, a brief telegram ^'Y^ry^ 

 oommunication to the n.iUu S\w^ of"^the 2ud instant. an^Un in; 

 spection of some drawin^rs'inade ])v the officers ot 11. M. M'^ f, 

 AciKoale. At Catania "wo saw a portion of the corona for i 

 seconds through a cloud, and that wa^ all : an<l the d:iy '^^^'^^^^^^ 



ed, it became my duty to procwd to Malta in II. M-'^- ^'"'''^, ^^'^y 



Of detailed 



h.' fact that t 

 . unmistakald 



