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of the type associated with sun spot maxima. Many stars 
were visible, though the sky was never very dark. Too 
soon its 200 seconds duration were gone, and with amazing 
brilliance the sun’s disc began to appear. Most of the 
observers took successfully as many as seven photographs 
out of eight. 
In Tripoli, Professor Todd observed under favourable 
conditions. The American Expedition from Amherst 
College set up their station at the British Consulate. 
Shadow bands were seen 10 minutes before totality, and had 
many remarked and pronounced peculiarities, wavering 
and narrow, moving swifter than one could walk, at right 
angles to the wind, their length with it, and waxing and 
waning five times during the eight minutes preceding 
totality. Baily’s beads were photographed. The corona 
was “not impressive,’’ being evenly developed, with long 
streamers. Other parties under Professor Millesovici of 
Rome, and M. Libera of Paris, were at the same station. 
At Assouan on the Nile, there were parties of three 
nationalities—British, American, and Russian. Professor 
Turner, of Oxford, assisted by Mr. Bellamy, observed 
specially the corona light; Captain Lyons and the officers 
of the Survey Department obtained five exposures with the 
astrographic telescope, one with a green screen and one 
enlargement, six polarised by reflection in the horizontal 
plane and two in a vertical plane. 
Mr. Gunther of Magdalen College, Oxford, obtained with 
a Goertz lens, six plates for comparion with similar ones 
taken at Labrador. The party of the Lick Observatory 
under Professor Hussey, had similar instruments to those 
used at Labrador, so that any change in the corona might 
be detected; the sky was hazy which detracted somewhat 
from the clear view of the corona; change of temperature 
very slight. The corona appeared small with its longest 
