bands, showing the same general appearance, but the motion was distinctly in the opposite direction, viz: from west to east. I have satisfied myself of the reality of the thing, which was testified to after totality by several other persons near. I must say that the wind, moderate in force, was blowing during all the eclipse from the same direction, east south-east. Appearance of the corona.-To the naked eye and in the opera glass, the Moon was perfectly black and it was surrounded by a circle of silvery white almost dazzingly bright, and resembling the classical drawings of an Annular Eclipse. This was the inner corona. At the right and left of the Sun, were two immense streamers, pearly of tinge, tolerably bright and fading away gradually on the edges. They were on the ecliptic or very near it, their length was two or three solar diameters, the western streamer was noticed almost near Mercury, at 2° from the Sun. The original form of the streamer was very conspicuous, each seemed like two curved rays with a central rift. At the Sun's poles were only short and faint plumes, a typical form of a minimum year. No star, (except Sirius) was seen, but Mercury was bright, as Venus at the beginning of the twilight. It is needless to say that Venus was very bright over our heads. General Notes. During totality the sky was dim, the blue become an ashy grey; round the horizon a large zone of a golden yellow hue, with rosy and lilac streamers, producing a very artistic and a beautiful view. The landscape was as if draped in a dul! leaden grey, the colors faded from objects and the appearance was grand and rather sorrowful. The falling temperature as totality drew near, was very striking and the coolness was such as to become rather unpleasant. The thermometer (Centigrade) fell from 26° to 20° in the shadow. The obscuration of the scene was not intense, all objects were distinctly seen, as the divisions of a watch; a newspaper could be read without artificial light; the general illumination was much greater than the light of the Full Moon. UNIVERSITY AT MONTPELLIer, (France), June 16, 1900. TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAY 28, 1900. W. W. PAYNE. Something more can be said about the results of the observations of the last total, solar eclipse in addition to what was given, last month, by Dr. H. C. Wilson, of Goodsell Observatory, who was the astronomer of the party from Carleton College that observed the eclipse at Southern Pines, North Carolina. In his account reference was made to the work of his party particularly, and the party from Guilford College. He gave a description of the eclipse, the corona, the observations of the contacts and some interesting and useful remarks about other stations near, such as Pinehurst, Barnsville, Winnsboro, Griffin and Wadesboro. At some of these stations were parties containing distinguished astronomers from home, and some from abroad. The names of most of them are given in the paper referred to, and something is said of the particular astronomical work that each had planned to do. Two illustrations accompany the paper; one is a picture of the observing station of the Carleton College party, and the other is a reproduction of one of the negatives taken with the eight-inch photographic telescope during totality. The cut does not give nearly all the detail which the original negative shows, either in the inner or in the outer corona. It is very much to be regretted that we have no means of reproduction which will faithfully bring out nearly all that the original negatives show. Hence, we have to be satisfied with that which can be secured, and try to make up what is lacking in verbal description. The first thing that may come to the minds of thoughtful readers is, what have astronomers learned from the results of the total eclipse of May last? The day was almost a perfect one throughout the entire path in the United States, and the number of observing parties was large at different points along the line of totality all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. Surely from such a favorable opportunity some satisfactory results must have been gained. If we notice Mr. Chas. Burckhalter's work which is presented in plate XIII the results of a new method of exposing plates to photograph the inner and outer corona at the same time will be seen. Mr. Burckhalter sent us six positives in the form of lantern slides. The reproductions are five and six in the series, and show very plainly the difference between an exposure which is controlled and one that |