The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01

he has spent years of labor. It proved satisfactory beyond his most sanguine hopes and as a result he has the only plates which give a distinct photograph of the inside details of an eclipse and the outside corona at the same time. He took a great many pictures while in India and gathered a great deal of interesting information about it's in- habitants.
 T left San Francisco on October 30,' he said. and arrived at Bombay De- cember 20. Before I left l had written to the Secretary of State requesting him to use his power in getting the Indian Government to pass my instru ments without unpacking them. The American Consul at Bombay informed me on my arrival that the Government had passed resolutions permitting the instruments and personal baggage of astronomers to pass through undls- turbed and in addition would furnish them with tents.
 Professor CampbelIs camp was four miles from Jeur, which is about 240 miles from Bombay l located two miles further, near the village of Wangi. There are dozens of villages in each district and the Mamladar, who is practically the czar of his district, called upon me on the day of my ar rival.
 T had brought with me package of seeds including almost every variety of vegetable. Through the native cook that I had brought with me from Bonn bay and who spoke little English, l made clear to the Mamladar the nature of the seeds. He thanked me pro- fusely for the gift and said that if even one variety would grow in that famine stricken district it would be better than | a present of a hundred thousand dol | lars He examined my instruments curiously and was especially interested in the fact that the little box on legs could make a likeness of himself: l | took his photograph and gave it to | him, thereby winning his friendship. :.
 He summoned the two chief men or 1 the village, called patils, one of whom l has the civil and the other the criminal | authority He instructed them to Vlslt me daily and see that 1 lacked nothing
 .I had a great deal of difficulty in ! fixing up my camp. The native help Is l ora actically useless and all the hard ] work devolved on me Wood IS very scarce and is sold by the pound.
 ''I suffered from the intense heat. Dut | despite that fact every minute or the tWenty-seyen days before the eclipse had to be used getting ready Tor the ] event. The only pleasant incidents i were the daily visits of Mrs Campbell and Miss Beans, who accompanied Pro- ! lessor Campbell and made his camp, i two miles away, seem like the oaslS Ill the desert.
  { the pictures of the patils, and every day they came begging to have their own picture taken. l made number or blue prints and gave them away. They seemed disappointed when l had the interpreter explain that there was no magic connected with the taking of picture In their ignorance and super stition they regard most ordinary events as magical manifestations.
 lowing to the number of natives daily visiting the camp l was afraid that something would be carried off that would handicap or perhaps even ruin the apparatus. l determined to hire watchmen and consulted with the patils. They gravely informed me that | the only desirable watchmen were those of the 'robber caste. Being rob- hers themselves, none others of their 1 caste attempt to filch from places where their brethren are employed. Odd as it may seem to us, during the dull sea son the Indian robbers make valuable watchmen.
 q employed two of this caste who l lived up to their occupation as watch men by sleeping most of the time While it is hot all through the day, the weather changes every hour during the night. and the covering must be con-