436 CAPTAIN W. DE W. ABNET AND DR. T. E. THORPE ON PHOTOMETRIC 
The station actually selected for the African party was Fundium, in Senegal, a 
small town on the south bank of the Salum river, about thirty miles from the sea and 
near the central line of the shadow. The observers were sent out from England by 
mail-steamer to Bathurst, the head-quarters of the British possessions on the 
Gambia, and thence transferred to H.M.S. Aleoto, which vessel, by the kindness 
Fig. 2. 
CROSS SECTION EXTERNAL , ELEVATION 
Scd/e 6 feeC to / Inch Shewing two widths of WiHesden canims in position 
Hctt used by British Eclipse Expedition, 1893. 
of the Admiralty, had been told off to assist the expedition. The Alccto left 
Bathurst for the Salum on April 2, and arrived at Fundium on the afternoon ot the 
following day. M. Allys, the Administrator of the district, which is in French 
territory, received the party very courteously, and placed the ground in the rear ol 
his house at their disposal. The best thanks of the expedition are due to the 
Administrator and to the French authorities for their kindness. 
The position offered by M. Allys was well adapted to our work. It was enclosed 
