Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice) tr · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 288
had been preceded by a multitudeof ill omens! Some expected a great revolution in theprovinces and in Rome, others predicted a new universaldeluge, or, on the other hand, the conflagration of theworld; the most optimistic thought the air would becontaminated. To preserve themselves from so… … Fig. ^6,—Eclipse of the Moon at Laos (February 27, 1877). among the inhabitants of Laos (Indo-China). In orderto frighten off the Black Dragon, the natives fired shotsat the half-devoured orb, accompanying their volley v^ith 269 ASTRONOMY FOR AMATEURS the most appalling yells. Dr. Harmand has…
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