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known as the ‘ Coppersmith ’ {Xantholmna), and the shrill cry of the little striped 
squirrel. About 12.45 several butterflies began to settle in sheltered nooks about a 
haystack near me, and I saw a pair of kites plainly seeking a 2 :)lace to roost. 
“ At this time my attention was attracted by a rapidly undulating shadow on the 
ground. The general eftect was like that produced by the shadow of hot, ascending 
smoke, but more regular. The undulations ran from east to west. I did not at 
the time note the apjmrent distance between them, but should say from memory 
that it was about half a foot. I think this lasted till put out by the darkness, but 
I am not sure, as I was attending more to other things. 
“ During the j^eriod of totality I heard the voices of birds, but immediately after 
it there was a striking silence for a short time. This was noticed by a friend as 
well as myself Then a large number of crows which had collected to roost in one 
tree, after their manner, started into the air with much cawing and flew oft‘, and in 
a few moments everything was going on as if nothing had happened. 
“ A man whom I set to watch a roosting tree of bee-eaters (Merops) re^oorts that 
the birds gathered to the tree as the darkness came on. Another reports that the 
fowls in his yard went aliout all the time as if nothing unusual were ha 2 )pening. 
A third, who was fortunate enough to find a troo|) of monkeys (which I had specially 
directed them to look for), says that they went about feeding until the darkness 
came on, when they sto2323ed suddenly and sat motionless and silent, each in its 
jjlace, until the light returned.” 
Part III.— Speotrosooiuc Observations made avtth a 6-inch Short Focus 
IjENS and a Grating. 
Bp Professor X Pedler, F.R.S. 
Introductory. 
The Government of Bengal, having been informed that Sir Norman Lockyer, the 
bead of one of the Eclijise Expeditions coming from England, would l)e glad if it 
could be arranged that I could be dejuited to Viziadrug to hel}3 in the oliservations 
of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, iierniission for my dejmtation was very kindly and 
willingly given. Hence I left Bengal on January 7th, and arrived in Bombay on the 
9th, but I wns detained there until the 12th in connection with certain arrangements 
required by the Exjiedition. 
I left Bombay on the 12th, and arrived at Viziadrug on the 13th of January. 
After my arrival. Sir Norman Lockyer jilaced in my charge the 6-inch equa- 
torially mounted refracting telescojie with a grating s^Dectroscope attached, the Rowland 
grating having about 16,000 or 17,000 lines to the inch. This instrument had been 
erected in jiosition under the siqierintendence of Mr. Fowler previous to my arrival. 
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