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PROFESSOR J. NORMAN LOCKYER ON THE 
Additional injtes of colours, &c. were as follows ;— 
Chief Stoker II. E. AViiite :—“Before totality there was hardly any change from 
usual colours. During totality the land went black, streaks in clouds assumed a 
reddish-yellow tint, and a streak of light colour appeared on the sea tow^ards the 
north, otherwise no change.” 
Yeoman of Signals H. Beresford :—“Before totality the sun was shining only on 
a patch of land to the westward of Vadso, which appeared like a sandhill Avith 
a reddish tint; no change noted elsewhere, either in land, sky, or water. During 
totality the land and water appeared to be of an inky blackness; no change was 
observed in the sky; the air seemed to go suddenly cold. Directly after the total 
eclipse a slight change apjteared in sky to the south ; the land came back to its 
ordinary colour, the sun shining on the same place as before total eclipse; the water 
underwent a slight change, to the northward a pale blue streak running from east to 
west, and the air seemed to feel a little warmer.” 
General Observations. 
After the eclipse the following notes as to the general phenomena observed were 
received from the officers named :— 
Stajf-Surgeon J. H. Whelan, M.D. :—“ The sudden rush of darkness at totality 
caused a feeling of dread ; an instinctive feeling of fright lest the source of our being 
had gradually been extinguished, it seemed to me. 
“ The gulls started a discordant calling Avhich seemed to distinctly change to one 
of rejoicing when the light began to increase again. 
“ During totality, the sky being nearly entirely overcast by clouds, a brightness 
appeared to the north, and another to the south, west of the horizon, as if the sun 
had set there, tingeing the clouds.” 
Lieutenant Yelverton, H.N., noted the bleating of sheep and screaming of gulls 
during the darkness of totality. 
Lieutenant W. II. B. Law, ILN. :—“For 20 minutes before totality the sky 
darkened appreciably. The clouds to the south took an ashy grey colour, the land 
also took a dark grey tint, and looked, if possible, even more desolate and barren 
than before. In fact, the whole appearance of land and sky to the south looked as 
if a heavy thunderstorm was imminent. 
“ About 4 seconds before the signal for totality was given, a rift in the clouds 
allowed the sun to be seen. The moon had covered all except a thin crescent at the 
left hand bottom corner ; the inner edge of the crescent through binoculars appeared 
somewhat rough ; then the clouds came over again. 
“Suddenly it became much darker—somewhat like the darkness of a London fog 
(medium) ; the moon’s shadow swept across the earth and sea, moving in a north by 
westerly direction. The air became appreciably colder to the feelings, and the sea 
