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XII. Report of the Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of An gust 29, 1886, made 
at Grenville, in the Island of Grenada. 
By H. H. Turner, M.A., B.Sc., Felloiv of Trinity College, Cambridge. 
Communicated by the Astronomer Royal. 
Received February 23,—Read March 15, 1888. 
I. General Arrangements. 
The eclipse party M^as landed at St. George’s, Grenada, on Thursday, August 12. 
On Saturday, August 14, I proceeded with Professor Tacchini to Grenville, a village 
on the east coast, near which it had been decided that we were to take up our stations. 
Our instruments and baggage, with two huts constructed by a local carpenter at 
St. George’s, were placed on a sIoojd which was towed round the coast as far as 
Grenville Bay by II.M.S. “Fantome”; but, as it was unadvisable for a large ship to 
attempt to enter the bay, the sloop went in alone, and deposited its freight on the 
jetty. I proceeded to Grenville by the Grand Etang Pass, which runs nearly east and 
west across the island from St. George’s to Grenville, being anxious to determine 
whether there was any chance of returning with heavy baggage by the overland route. 
Howmver, it soon became evident that this would be very difficult, if not impossible, 
the pass being little more than a bridle-path in certain portions. 
The party—consisting of Professor Tacchini and myself, Lieutenant Smith, of 
H.M.S. “ Sparrowhawk,” a quartermaster from the same ship, and an artificer from 
H.M.S. “ Fantome”—found very comfortable quarters at Boulogne, the house of 
Colonel Duncan, wdiich is situated about two miles from Grenville Bay, along a fair 
road. 
After some delay, caused b}^ very heavj^ rain on Monday, August 16, which made 
the roads nearly impassable for a time, the huts and instruments were carted from the 
bay to Boulogne, and erected very quickly on a site close to the house, longitude 
4h. 6m. 30s. W., latitude 12° 8'’5 N. One bell tent was also erected for contin¬ 
gencies, though this was almost unnecessary, as our instruments were uupacked and 
the cases left in the “ buchan,” a kind of superior barn for storing cocoa, which wars 
then nearly empty and was kindly placed at our disposal by Mr. St. George, Colonel 
Duncan’s representative. 
The huts, which had been constructed before our arrival under the direction of his 
Excellency Governor Sendall, required very little modification. They were ten feet 
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