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We took up our position on a lofty tower some 70 feet high, one 

 of the numerous ruins of this far famed ruined city. From this alti- 

 tude, we could obtain a commanding view of the whole surrounding 

 country, a position most favourable for observation of the general 

 phenomena of the eclipse. I selected a spot near the top of the exterior 

 spiral staircase of the tower, protected entirely from the wind, and 

 where I could make my observations in a comfortable and easy attitude. 



Our party was composed of Captain Haig, R. E., G. T. S. ; Professor 

 Kern Luximun, M. A. of the Dekhan College, Mr. Hunter, C. S. ; Dr. 

 Kielhorn of the Dekhan College, and myself. 



Captain Haig was furnished with one of the Royal Society's Spec- 

 troscopes. He had fitted this instrument to one of my 6 inch transit 

 Theodolites, in order to command greater magnifying power than he 

 had with the telescope of his spectroscope. Professor Kern Luximun 

 had a 2J in. telescope of 30 in. focal length, which was equatorially 

 mounted. His instrument was furnished with an eye-piece of 60 

 power, possessing a scale, or micrometer with which he intended 

 measuring the altitudes of the red protuberances. 



The high wind, however, unfortunately overturned the instrument, 

 and so much disarranged it, that he had to substitute a power of 75 

 instead. 



I had a 10-inch Theodolite possessing a remarkably good telescope 

 of 1 j in. aperture, and 18 inches focal length ; with an eye-piece of 

 46 power. I had intended observing with a telescope of 3 in. aper- 

 ture, but it did not arrive from Nimar in time before I left Poonah. 



Kern Luximun had previously determined the error of our chrono- 

 meter, which was verified by an independent observation by Captain 

 Haig and myself, in the afternoon, and we thought we were well 

 prepared for the coming event ere the 1st contact took place. By 

 some mistake in applying the error of the chronometer, or from some 

 other cause, the first contact took place before we expected it, and 

 I was the only one of the party ready to note the event. Owing, 

 however, to clouds, I was prevented observing the exact instant at 

 which it occurred, and my observation must have been some 40 seconds 

 late. I made a sketch of the segment of the sun, obscured by the 

 moon at the instant of my observation, and by applying it to a dia- 

 gram previously constructed by Kern Luximun for this purpose, 



