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Land Magnetic Observations, 1914-20 



AFRICA. 



Southwest Africa concluded. 



Swakopmund, 1916 continued. 



about 250 yards (229 meters) north of pump-house; 

 marked by tent peg driven flush with sand. True 

 bearings: point on nearest chimney on roof of wireless 

 office, 70 42'. 5; top point on square cupola of Behnke's 

 Brennerei (malt-house), 133 30'.S; flagpole of bar- 

 racks, 153 05'.2; flagpole of Damara House tower, 

 163 31'.3; weather-vane on lighthouse, 167 03'.5 

 west front of old Hohenzollern Hotel, 171 41'.4 

 clock tower of German Protestant church, 198 21'.4 

 finial over bay window of pump-house, 346 14'. 4. 



Windhoek, 1916. About 10 meters west of station of 1909, 

 within laid-out street marked by rows of stones, 

 leading southward from Elizabethheim, on ridge west 

 of town, 117.2 meters southeast of an iron stake 

 marking property corner on west edge of street, 12.4 

 meters east of west edge of street and S meters west 

 of east edge; marked by rectangular milky-white 

 quartz stone, 9 inches (23 cm.) long, left 2 inches 

 (5 cm.) below surface of ground. True bearings: 

 most northwesterly wireless tower, 34 54'.5; pro- 

 jection on distant hill, 62 23'.9; finial over west end 

 of building beyond railroad station, 225 58'.0; tower 

 of castle-like house, 247 11'.5; steeple of governor's 

 house, 281 Ol'.l; church steeple, 290 56M; steeple 

 of public building, 325 27'. 9; tower of Elizabethheim, 

 338 00'. 7; west edge of west pillar of north veranda, 

 338 3S'.7. 



Spanish Guinea. 



Bala, 1915. In open grass plot about 120 meters south- 

 east of customs warehouse, about 25 meters south of 

 intersection of street parallel to beach with street 

 extending from harbor to post-office, and about 40 

 meters south of large mangrove tree which stands 

 north of street intersection. True bearings: center 

 gable window of customs office, 125 33'. 2; harbor 

 light, 216 42'.7; flagpole at post-office, 284 01'.5. 



Elobey, 1915. Near western side of smaller of two Elobey 

 Islands, across street southwest of office of general 

 secretary, 23.96 meters from lamp-post in front of 

 office, 16.25 meters from center of street, and 10.50 

 meters southeast of lone oil-palm tree. True bear- 

 ings: northeast end of Corisco Island, 72 20'.9; lamp- 

 post before secretary's office, 204 35'. 



Rio Campo, 1919. On left bank of River Campo, opposite 

 French post of Campo in Cameroun, on cleared land 

 6outh of path leading from canoe shed on river bank 

 to Spanish military post, 9.6 meters south of path 

 measured at right angles from a point which is 155.75 

 meters east of middle pillar of east side of Spanish 

 lieutenant's house and 42 paces west of west end of 

 canoe shed, measured along path; marked by cement 

 block 0.2 by 0.2 by 0.55 meter, its top face left 

 about 0.15 meter above surface of ground, a small 

 cross-cut indicating exact instrument center. True 

 bearings: near gable end of Spanish lieutenant's house, 

 93 07'. 9; near gable end of office, about 130 meters, 

 101 34'.6; south gable end of lieutenant's house in 

 French Campo, half mile (0.S km.), 189 31'.2; bottom 

 of flagstaff at French military post, one-third mile (0.5 

 km.), 191 37'.6; bottom of left corner of iron sheet on 

 tree for harbor mark, 1.5 miles (2.4 km.), 218 39'.8; 

 near end of ridge-pole of canoe shed, 42 paces, 252 

 08'.0. 



Tmpolitania. 



Misurata, 1914. North of town, on hill at east end of 

 line of hills, about 125 meters east of fort, and 81 

 mi trrs east of southeast corner of barbed-wire bar- 

 ricade surrounding fort; marked by 2.5-centimeter 

 drill-hole in top of rough limestone post 35 by 20 by 



AFRICA. 



Tripolitania concluded. 



Misurala, 1914 continued. 



15 centimeters, set flush with ground. True bearings: 

 flagstaff on fort, 82 51'.5; foot of eastern wireless 

 mast, 335 07'.5; foot of western wireless mast, 

 342 23'.5. 



Syrle, 1914. On a sandhill about 0.5 kilometer southwest 

 of Residenza, 30 meters south-southeast from tele- 

 graph line, and 30 meters northwest from small grave- 

 yard of two Italian soldiers; marked by rough sand- 

 stone post about 65 centimeters long and 15 by 15 

 centimeters at top, set flush with ground. True 

 bearings: northwest corner of Residenza, 242 07'.4; 

 foot of flagstaff on Residenza, 246 20'.4. 



Tripoli, 1914. Exact reoccupation of station of 1913, at 

 Dahra, suburb just east of Tripoli, in grove of palm 

 trees south of elementary school conducted by 

 Catholic Sisters, 27.5 meters from southeast corner 

 of low stone building, 50.1 meters from stone wall on 

 west, and 41.0 meters from stone wall on east. True 

 bearings: tip of pyramidal chimney cover, 55 30'. 9; 

 minaret of Mosque Hamid Pasha Karamanli, 100 

 30'.5. 



Uganda. 



Gondokoro, Nile, 191S. Close reoccupation of station of 

 1909, on edge of high right bank of Nile, southwest 

 of Catholic Mission, about 120 meters southwest of 

 remaining government building, and about 250 meters 

 south of Nile gage. True bearing: west one of two 

 straight small trees, 354 52'. 1. 



Rejaf, Lado, 1918. West of town, north of Jebel Rejaf, 

 just north of northeast corner of compound of resi- 

 dence of mechanical transport officer, about 200 

 meters northwest of road passing in front of in- 

 spector's residence, and on eastern edge of ledge of 

 rocks exposed by small water-course, at a point about 

 50 meters south of its junction with another branch; 

 marked by tent-peg. True bearings: northwest edge 

 of large rock high up on Jebel Rejaf, 10 52'. 1; steel 

 telegraph pole near rest-house compound, 256 36'.3. 



ASIA. 



Arabia. 



Aden, 1914, 1918. Stations of 1914 and 1918 are identical 

 and about 40 meters west-northwest of stations of 

 1909 and 1911. About 50 meters west-northwest of 

 Victoria Monument, 35.7 meters north of well in 

 front of Hotel de l'Europe, and 33.9 meters and 35.6 

 meters southwest respectively of west and east ends 

 of culvert under roadway; marked by tent peg driven 

 flush with ground. True bearings: center of ball on 

 clock tower, 103 42'. 8; flagpole of custom-house, 

 132 12'.6; flagpole on Quarantine Island, 190 45'.6; 

 flagpole of signal station mountain top, 296 45'. 1. 



Jidda, 1918. Close reoccupation of station of 1911, south- 

 west of Jidda, on low sandy reef called "Jezirat el 

 Mifsaka" on British Admiralty charts, just east of 

 anchorage, on highest part marking limit of high tide; 

 marked by a large wooden stake. True bearings: 

 mosque in northwest part of Jidda, 209 23'. 1; tall 

 minaret on mosque in western part, 212 36'.8; 

 mosque, 217 55'.2; mosque 219 31'.4; tall minaret 

 on mosque at southeastern corner of city wall, 226 

 31'.6. 



China. 



Achikai, Yunnan, 1917. On lower slope of hill north of 

 village about 400 feet (122 meters) along main road 

 from north gate, on small piece of open land situated 

 just inside junction of main road with a footpath 



