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 Solar Spots. VII. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

the alarm of an eclipse is given in a Hindu village, the whole population turn out to avert the impending calamity. The black disc of the moon, encroaching upon the bright surface of the sun, is believed to be the jaws of a monster gradually eating up the latter. Tomtoms are violently sounded, the air is rent with screams of terror and shouts of vengeance; and all this uproar is made with the