a lofty wall, flanked on the N. by a
smaller and still more irregular enclosure (_b_), the floor of which is
1500 feet above that of Phocylides, the line of partition being a high
cliff, probably representing a "fault," whose shadow under a low sun is
very striking. Phocylides is about 80 miles in maximum length, or, if we
reckon the small enclosure _b_ to form a part of it, more than 120 miles.
The loftiest peak, nearly 9000 feet, is on the W. border, near the
partition wall. The continuity of the rampart is broken on the S. by a
large crater. There is a bright ring-plain on the W. side of the floor,
and a few small craters. Phocylides _b_ has only a solitary crater within
it. Phocylides C, abutting on the W. flank of Phocylides, is about 26
miles in diameter. Its somewhat dusky interior is devoid of detail, but
the outer slope of its W. wall is crowded with a number of minute
craters, which, under good conditions, may be utilised as tests of the
defining power of the telescope used. Phocylides A, on the bright S.W.
plain, is a large deep crater with a fine crater-row flanking it on the
W.

WARGENTIN.--A most remarkable member of the Phocylides group, flanking
the S.E. side of Schickard. Unlike the majority of lunar formations, its
floor is raised considerably above the surrounding region, so that it
resembles a shallow oval dish turned upside down. It is 54 miles in
diameter, and, except on the S.W. (where it abuts on Phocylides _b_, and
for some distance is bounded by its wall), it has only a border of very
moderate dimensions. On the N.E. slope of this ghostly rampart I have
seen a distinct little crater, and two much larger depressions on the
N.W. slope. There are some low ridges on the floor, radiating from a
nearly central point, which have been aptly compared to a bird's foot.

SEGNER.--A fine ring-plain, 46 miles in diameter, on the S.E. side of
Schiller, with a linear border on every side except the N. At a peak on
the W., whose shadow is very remarkable, it rises to a height of more
than 8000 feet above the outer surface. There is a crater on the S.W.
wall, another on the N.W. wall, and several depressions on the outer
slope on this side. The central mountain is small but conspicuous. A
large unnamed enclosure extends N. of Segner: it is larger than Schiller,
and is surrounded by a lofty barrier. The bright plain between this and
the latter is worth examination under a low sun.

ZUCHIUS.--Is situated on the