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Rh are observed to be more advanced in developm ent th an at other times, b at not yet arrived at total m atu rity ; third, eggs, w hich according to every probability belong to the Common Eel, are found in th e sea from the m onth of A ugust to th a t of Jan u ary inclusive ; fourth, the Leptocephalus brevirostris abounds from F ebruary to Septem ber. As to the other months, we are in some uncertainty, because during them our only natural fisherman, the Orthagoriscus mola, appears very rarely ; fifth, I am inclined to believe th a t the elvers ascending our rivers are already one year old, and I have observed th a t in an aquarium specimens of L. brevirostris can transform them selves into young elvers in one month’s time. Eclipse of the Sun, 1896.— Novaya Zenilya Observations. 271

The author gives an account of the circum stances under which it became desirable to fit out an expedition to observe th e eclipse in No'vaya Zemlya, and the arrangem ents made to convey it by his yacht “ Otaria.”

Details are given of the observing station, the erection of the different instrum ents, and the scheme of work.

The valuable spectroscopic results obtained are still under process of being worked o u t; but the coronagraph results are reported in detail, and copies of the chief photographs are appended. The meteorological and other conditions during the eclipse are duly recorded.

The author first states the circumstances under which S ir George Baden-Powell, K.C.M.G,, M.P., w ith great public spirit conveyed an eclipse party to Novaya Zemlya in his yacht “ O taria,” to which party was attached Mr. Shackleton, one of the computers employed by the Solar Physics Committee.

The prismatic camera employed, loaned from the Solar Physics