Abstract
THE best positions to observe the annular eclipse of the sun on April 8 were to the extreme north-west of Scotland, and it was the ntention of Lt.-Col. F. K. McClean and myself:o take up a station somewhere in that part. Owing to the miners' stoppage Col. McClean was unable to take the journey, but in London I succeeded in finding two volunteers in Mr. Patrick Alexander and Mr. Allan Young, and we started off for Durness (Sutherland), near the entrance to Loch Eriboll, on the evening of April 5. Reaching Lairg the following afternoon, we heard that the inn at Durness had been burnt down several years previously, so we proceeded by motor-car along the beautiful side of Loch Shin, and arrived at a place called Rhiconich, at the southernmost end of Loch Inchard. Finding that the hills around were not sufficiently high to obstruct the view of the annular eclipse, we decided to stay at the excellent hotel there for the event.
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