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CAPTAIN L. DARWIN, DR. A. SCHUSTER, AND MR. E. W. MAUNDER 
dealings with the authorities in tlie West Indies. Mr, ISTorman Lockyee, was 
accordingly chosen to be this representative. 
The present report only deals with the photographic results obtained by its authors. 
Mr. Norman Lockyer was the only other observer who took out photographic 
instruments ; most unfortunately, the weather proved so bad at the station he selected 
that he was unable to see anything of the eclipse. 
Captain Abney was unfortunately not able to take part in the exjDedition, but he 
gave his invaluable help to the observers in their preparations, and in this way 
contributed most materially to whatever success the photographic part of the expedi¬ 
tion may have obtained. The photographic plates used by Dr. Schuster and Mr. 
Maunder were prepared by him, and we wush to offer him our best thanks for the 
assistance he has rendered us. 
The expedition left England on the 29th of July, 1886, and arrived at St. George, 
Grenada, on the 12th of August. A letter had kindly been sent by the Colonial 
Oflice to the colony, stating what the requirements of the expedition would be. The 
members consequently found on their arrival that the Governor, Mr. W. J. Sendall, 
had made every possible inquiry as to the best sites for the observatories, taking into 
consideration the weather probabilities as well as their personal comfort; and they 
have to thank him tor the greatest courtesy and consideration during the whole of 
their stay in the island. The protection of the instruments having been mentioned 
in the Colonial Office lecter. Captain I. C. Maling, the Colonial Secretary, very 
kindly prepared models of huts which could be cheaply and readily constructed on the 
spot. When the expedition arrived at Barbadoes on their outward journey, they 
found these models awaiting them. A telegram was despatched to Grenada approving 
generally of the design, and thus work was actually commenced before the arrival of 
the expedition in the island. 
Before the observers left England, the President of the Boyal Society had written 
to the Admiralty requesting the co-operation of any men-of-war that might be on the 
station. As a result of this communication, three of Her Majesty’s ships—the 
“ Fantome,” Commander B. H. Archer, R.N. ; the “ Bullfrog,” Lieutenant J. Mas- 
TERMAN, Bt.N. ; and the “ Sparrowhawk,” Lieutenant C. F. Oldham, R.N.—were found 
ready and prepared to render every assistance. Every member of the expedition felt 
grateful for the willing way in which tlie valuable assistance of both the officers and 
men of these ships was given ; and the President of the Royal Society, in a letter to 
the Admiralty on the return of the expedition, expressed the value to science of such 
ready co-operation. 
After the arrival of the expedition at Grenada, two or three days were occupied in 
selecting stations and making preparations for conveying the observers to their desti¬ 
nations. St. George itself was not favourably situated, and it was moreover considered 
advisable to scatter the observatories as much as possible, so as to avoid the chance of a 
single mass of cloud proving fatal to the whole expedition. The observers were therefore 
