The _second lunar eclipse of 1729_ occurred August 8, when Bering was in or near Okhotsk and about returning to Europe. We may assume his position to have been latitude 59° 20' N. and longitude 142° 40' or 9^h 31^m E. from Greenwich, equal to 9^h 03^m E. from Bonn. This eclipse was also total and almost central, but at Bering's station was wholly invisible, beginning at 9^h 05^m A.M. and ending at 12^h 45^m P.M. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. II., No. 2, May, 1890, by Various