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of my telescope. What their success may have been I am unable 
to say, as they had not been developed when I last saw Mr Franklin- 
Adams. He also arranged for tliermometric observations to be 
recorded by two of the midshipmen of the Theseus , who were 
regularly drilled at the camp in the details of their work. Mr 
Franklin-Adams had also several ordinary cameras of various 
apertures and focal lengths fixed on stands and adjusted to the 
sun’s place at totality. These were manipulated for him by officers 
of the Theseus. The shadow bands were attended to by two of 
the junior officers. The end wall of our old stable, “la casa del 
pleito,” dressed up in a new suit of white plaster, was made use of 
for this purpose, and though the conditions of the eclipse were not 
favourable for the purpose, the darkness never being great at any 
time, some success attended their efforts, four lines having been 
laid down in red and blue paint representing the direction of 
movement of the bands before and after totality. 
I have now a few words to say as to the arrangements made for 
our reception by the astronomical and the civil authorities in Spain, 
and the assistance rendered to us by the officers and men of the 
Theseus. Before starting from home our plans were much 
facilitated by the kindness of the Director of the Madrid Ob- 
servatory Sehor Ifiiguez, who supplied us with a series of beautiful 
maps showing the path of the eclipse, as well as that of 1905, over 
Spanish and Portuguese territory. This enabled us to determine 
with certainty the precise latitude and longitude of our chosen 
station, and allowed of the computation before starting of the 
exact times of the eclipse, its duration at Santa Pola, and the sun’s 
azimuth at the moment of eclipse. This last was a matter of 
considerable importance, in view of the proper laying down of the 
40-foot telescope. Senor Iniguez also arranged with the Customs 
Authorities to admit our cases free of examination and without 
the annoyance of having to . open them on landing, and also 
with the police authorities to give us every help possible. The 
assistance we received from the police was very great, though I 
must say that as guardians of the peace the necessity for their 
services was not very apparent. However, our camp was 
placed in charge of two members of the force known as the 
Guardia Civil, who, armed with Mauser rifles, and relieved at 
