Excerpt from Corona and Coronet: Being a Narrative of the Amherst Eclipse Expedition to Japan, in Mr. James's Schooner-Yacht Coronet, to Observe the Sun's Total Obscuration 9th August, 1896 To avoid repetition, our friendly company are named on paper as they were Often designated on board, - the Captain, the Professor or Astro nomer, the Doctor, the Musician, and so on. Mr. Francis was apt to be addressed as General, largely because Of his masterful management of expedition finances; and Mr. Pemberton was known as Chief, having been many years chief engineer of the U. S. S. Monocacy while attached to our Asiatic squadron. During that time, he had in 1887 accompanied Professor Todd's ear lier expedition to Shirakawa, in central Japan, where his assistance was peculiarly welcome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.