Kuling, Aug. 26.
The interesting phenomenon of the eclipsed moon risen clear above the horizon before the sun had begun to sct was visible on the heights above Kuling on Sunday evening. Although the sky overhead was quite clear, a low line of mist made a bank of cloud almost the whole round of the horizon. For the most part this was about two degrees deep (the diameter of the sun and of the moon is about half a degree). This delayed a sight of the moon for about eight minutes after the actual rise. In the same way, the sun reached the cloud bank some eight or lO minutes (it was somewhat thicker in the west than in the east) before its actual setting. A rift in the western bank caused the sun to re-appear just as the moon had shown in the east, and as the sun passed across this rift,' the lifting of the moon revealed quite clearly, the eclipsed portion of the. dise. 3 The exact position of moon-rise was indicated by another interesting phenomenon. Above the cloud bank in the west, there were a few detached, heavy, though not very large, masses of cloud which threw broad rays of shadow across the whole sky. In the east, these shadow rays were diminished, in perspective til they reached a vanishing point which was, of course, right opposite the setting. sun and, therefore, the position of the rising sun. From the standpoint I occupied on the high ridge overlooking the Tungting Lake, the moon rose to the left of the broken line of the magnificent Lion Precipice and so, over that part of the lake and distant shore which lies nearest the Yangtze. The moon appeared as if it were the source from which the rays of alternate light and darkness were streaming forth, a quite unusual sight.
Nearly two hours later, when from our bungalow we watched the moon climb above the lower shelves of the ridge on which I had been standing, the eclipse had completely passed away.
Moscow, Aug. 29.—Mr. Yama-saki, Chairman of the Tokio Chamber of Commerce, arrived in Moscow to-day.—Reuter.
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