The Annular Eclipse Of October

In May last tho track of total eclipso oí the gun was ahnosl wholly au oceaiitraek, autl it was coiiscquently necossary to sond expeditions to tbe mid-Faeifle to obtain observations. The annular eclipso in Oclobcr next is 6imilarly circumstanced; excopting possibly ono or two rucre rocks in tho i'acific, it will not bc obsevved ou land, elsowherc thau on the island of Niphou, Japau. At tho capítol, Tokio, tho eclipso will not bo annular. Annular eclipses, :ilthough intcrosting and rare oecurronces, have, howover, uo spoeinl sciontific valuc