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MESSES. LOCKYEE AND SEABEOKE ON 
viscous and had been drawn out into spikes. From 110° to 180° it was fumy ; from 
90° to 105° there was an inclination towards E. In the N.E. quadrant it was of both 
characters (spiky and fumy), and the spikes were straight up. In the N.W. it was 
fumy ; in the N.W. hairy from 270° to 340°, and from 340° to 0° rather fumy. 
August 13th. — Observations at 5.20 to 6 p.m., when lowness of sun stopped them ; 
S.W. and N.W. with part of S.E. observed the chromosphere moderately spiky, but 
its inclination indeterminate except at from 230° to 250°. 
August 16th. — 90° to 115° spikes inclined E. 45° ; 115° to 180° lumpy ; spikes straight 
at 120° to 130° to E. at 135°. In the N.E. the chromosphere was fumy and high, with 
hairs in the fume; the same in the S.E. from 300° to 0°; from 285° to 295° the chro- 
mosphere and a prominence had a spotted or mottled appearance ; about 275° spiky. 
London. 
320 ° 330 ° 340 ° 
September 16th. — S.E. chromosphere hairy, with a slight inclination to the E., S.W. ; 
and N.E., N.W. smoky with indistinct hairs. 
September 22nd. — The chromosphere was generally smoky in appearance; at 154° 
there was an exceedingly faint high prominence scarcely visible ; its height appeared to 
be V 33". 
September 23rd. — No particular details observable in chromosphere except at 115°, 
where it was lumpy ; 253°, about, where it seemed composed of small flames ; 307°, high 
and smoky. On the W. side of the large prominence at 327° to 330° the chromosphere 
for 4° or 5° (222° to 227°) was hairy, and turned towards the prominence. 
September 24th. — Chromosphere in S.E. and S.W. smoky and covered with irregular 
tongues, not hairs. A spot was observed in which the C line was distorted and not 
thickened ; D distorted and thickened ; Ca lines much thickened, but not much distorted. 
When the C line was distorted D was still, and vice versd. b was distorted but not 
thickened. A prominence at 304° was undergoing considerable change. 
September 25th. — No particular features in the chromosphere in the S.E. and N.E. 
It was high round 270°. From 315° to 325° the chromosphere was high and covered 
with tongues, some 24" high. 
September 26th. — A brilliant point at 109° at 2.15 p.m. ; at 3.15 p.m. not a trace of it. 
In the N.W. the chromosphere was fumy with a spiky edge ; from 290° to 300° it was 
15" to 20" high in the whole quadrant, and up to about 20° in the N.E. quadrant it was 
inclined in the same direction, i. e. to E. down to 0°, and to S. from 0° to 20°. The C 
line was seen broken over a spot. 
Aug. 22, 1873. 
