Descriptions of Stations 



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Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf, 1909 continued. 



The following true bearings were determined: base 

 of flagstaff on large fortress (summer residence of 

 the local Sheik) about a mile (1.6 kilometers) distant, 

 seen through main gate of mission grounds, 40 18'.9; 

 right-hand corner of servants' quarters where the 

 latter join the west wall of the property, 1 13'.5; 

 northwest corner of mission hospital, 64 Sl'.7. Ob- 

 servations were made at a secondary station, 78.3 

 feet (23.9 meters) from main station and on line from 

 main station to base of flagstaff on large fortress. 



Basra, 1909. At north end of garden owned by Mc- 

 Andrews & Forbes Co., licorice dealers and manu- 

 facturers. The garden in about 400 feet (122 meters) 

 wide by 1000 feet (305 meters) long, planted in date 

 * palms, and fronting on Hakimieh Creek, about 2 or 3 

 miles north of the old city of Basra. The magnetic 

 station is on a ridge of earth formed from excavations 

 of the irrigation ditches of garden and is very nearly 

 at the middle of northwest boundary of the property. 

 A secondary station was established about 23 paces 

 southwest of main station and on same ridge of earth. 



Beirut, Beirut, 1910. In southeastern part of city, on an 

 irregular sandhill, the soutliwest portion of which is 

 used by American and English residents of Beirut as a 

 golf grounds, and the northeast portion is a cemetery; 

 in southwestern part of the cemetery, adjacent to golf 

 grounds and southwest of a square stone building in the 

 cemetery, being 22 meters and 27.4 meters respectively 

 from the southwest and southeast corners of this 

 building; marked by pine stake about 14 inches long 

 driven flush with ground and covered with earth. The 

 following true bearings were determined: lightning 

 rod on tower of Syrian College, 163 03'.8; top of 

 lighthouse to the northwest, 121 46'.0. 



Birejik, Aleppo, 1910. About one-fourth mile (0.4 kilo- 

 meter) west of the west bank of the Euphrates River, 

 at a point where the level plain rises into a low plateau, 

 on which there is a cemetery containing a huge walled 

 tomb considered as a holy place and in the keeping of 

 a water vender; about 200 yards (183 meters) north 

 of a small grove, 37.45 meters southeast of southeast 

 corner of wall around tomb, and 25.15 meters south- 

 west of large spreading mulberry tree; marked by tent 

 peg driven flush with ground and hidden by the grass. 

 The following true bearings were determined: more 

 northerly of two minarets in Birejik, on cast bank of 

 river, 279 30'. 6; more southerly of two minarets in 

 Birejik, on east bank of river, 289 53'. 7; spike on 

 dome of holy tomb, 165 52'.4. 



Bitlis, Bitlis, 1910. About 23^ miles (4 kilometers) north 

 of town, on north side of road from Mush to Bitlis, 

 about one-third mile (0.5 kilometer) southeast of 

 village of Pashenk, and about one-fourth mile (0.4 

 kilometer) or more northwest of Pashenk Khan, a 

 square stone building on west side of road. It is east 

 of the ruins of a small .'\rmcnian church, on a grassy 

 slope which separates a cultivated field from a marshy 

 meadow, 116 paces east of large spring north of the 

 church, and 5.2 meters west-southwest of the most 

 westerly tree of a row of three willows standing east 

 and west on the marshy meadow; marked by tent peg 

 driven flush with ground. The following true bearings 

 were determined: north corner of Pashenk Khan at 

 eaves, 337 53'. 7; west corner of Pashenk Khan at 

 eaves, 340 49'.5. 



Damascus, Syria, 1910. Southeast of city of Damascus, on 

 a plain used by the Turkish troops as a drill ground, 

 lying between the Greek Catholic C'emetery and a 

 large olive grove, both inclosed by raud walls. It is 



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Damascus, Syria, 1910 continued. 



in the southeast corner of the plain, 25 meters east 

 of the northeast corner of large stone vault in the 

 ancient neglected cemetery situated on a hill rising 

 abruptly from the plain; 15.5 meters north of north- 

 west corner of mud wall to southward: 11.6 meters 

 northwest of two large stones that serve as foot bridge 

 across a stream bed now dry except for a few stagnant 

 pools, and 2.8 meters west of stream bed; marked by 

 pine stake driven into the ground and covered with 

 earth. The following true bearings were determined: 

 east minaret of the Great Mosque, 126 21'. 6; point 

 on dome of the Great Mosque, 124 58'.4; west mina- 

 ret of the Great Mosque, 122 55'.0; cross on dome of 

 large mausoleum in the Greek Catholic Cemetery, 

 120 34'.3. 



Dardanelles, Bigha, 1910. About 2'^ miles (4 kilometers) 

 south of town, on cast side of road which follows the 

 shore of the strait to this point and then continues 

 south through the country; southeast of a fountain 

 on east side of road, about 145 paces southwe.st of a 

 spring which is covered over with brick masonry work, 

 and in line between two trees standing on the brow of 

 the hill, being 22.0 meters north-northeast of the one 

 and 36.5 meters south-southwest of the other; marked 

 by tent peg driven flush with ground and covered 

 with earth. The following true bearings were deter- 

 mined: lighthouse to southwest, 65 41'. 4; square 

 white church tower in Dardanelles, 177 40'.5. 



Denizli, Smyrna, 1910. Northeast of town, on property 

 belonging to Keurjan Mahleli Khaphiz Eminoglou 

 Ahmed; 57 paces southeast of entrance to the grounds, 

 36.7 meters west of well-foliaged tree in cultivated field 

 on northeast side of road, 14.6 meters southeast from 

 east corner of mud wall inclosing property, 5 meters 

 due west of center of road, and 4.50 meters northeast 

 of center of ditch along southwest side of road; marked 

 by pine stake about 1 by 2 by 12 inches (3 by 5 by 30 

 cm.) driven flush with ground and covered with earth. 



Dera'a, Syria, 1910. The town of Dera'a is about 2 miles 

 (3 kilometers) southwest of the junction of the Haifa- 

 Damascus and theHejaz (Damascus-Mecca) railroads. 

 The magnetic station is 56.1 meters west of south 

 corner of stone wall surrounding two buildings of 

 the railroad company on northwest side of the road 

 running from railroad station to the town of Dera'a, 

 52.9 meters southwest from west corner of stone wall, 

 and 21.25 meters northwest of row of stones embedded 

 in the earth along northwest side of road; marked by 

 tent peg driven flush with ground and covered with 

 earth. The following true bearings were determined: 

 minaret in Dera'a, 24 53'. 5; southwest gable of rail- 

 road station, 202 34'.9. 



Diarbekir, Diarbekir, 1910. About a mile (1.6 kilometers) 

 west of the city of Diarbekir and near the village 

 of Ali Pounar, on the north side of Aleppo-Diarbckir 

 road, opposite the end of road running south to Ali 

 Pounar; 28.5 meters east of the northeast corner of 

 mud wall around gendarme post, 52.0 meters north- 

 east of the southeast corner of mud wall, and 55.0 

 meters north of the corner of a low stone wall on 

 south side of road ; marked by tent peg driven flush 

 with ground and covered with earth. The square 

 black minaret in Diarbekir is in true bearing 262 01'.4. 



Egin, Kharput, 1910. On the north corner of a bluff south- 

 east of ruins of an Armenian church west of and on 

 higher ground than the town; 34 meters northwest 

 of east corner of retaining wall running along south- 

 west side of road leading up the bluff from the town, 

 28 paces east-northeast of most easterly point of a 



