A MISSIONARY WAS CAPTURED BY HEADHUNTERS AND SCHEDULED TO DIE; THE PREACHER KNEW A SOLAR ECLIPSE WAS TO OCCUR THAT DAY AND THOUGHT THAT IF HE CONVINCED THE PRIMITIVE TRIBE IT WAS HIS MAGIC HE MIGHT ESCAPE, SO HE ASKED WHAT TIME HE WAS TO BE EXECUTED; THE CHIEFTAIN REPLIED: "LATER THIS AFTERNOON, ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER THE ECLIPSE"!