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gable end of farmhouse, 1 mile (1.6 km.), 6 09'.6; 

 top of ornament on tower, 78 34'.4; bottom of north 

 corner of wall around tower, 95 24'.; center ornament 

 on east gate of city, half mile (0.8 km.) 273 21'.4; 

 left end of roof of temple on hill, 1.2 miles (2 km.), 

 278 29'. 1; center ornament on roof of theater, three- 

 fourths mile (1.2 km.), 293 32'.2; rear gable of tower 

 over west gate of city, 33S 31'.0. 



Puerhlu, Yunnan, 1916. On south bank of Hong River 

 at extreme east end of village, in small garden between 

 some large blocks of rock on one of which a tree is 

 growing, about midway between main road and bank 

 of river, about 150 feet (46 meters) northeast of tea- 

 house in eastern outskirts of village. 



I' nla 'tun, Kwantung Leased Territory, Manchuria, 1916. 

 About 1 mile (1.6 km ) east of railway station, about 

 midway along north side of triangular piece of grass- 

 land on south bank of a sandy river bed, just east of 

 road from north which joins main road leading east 

 from Pulantien at a point where it enters wooded 

 country, 2 paces from west bank of river bed, 16 paces 

 from edge of grove of bushes to southeast. True 

 bearings: near gable end of rightmost residence on 

 hill, 1.5 miles (2.4 km.), 88 50'.2; left gable end of 

 solitary white house, half mile (0.8 km.), 93 26'."; 

 staff on center gable of railway station, 110 02'. 4; 

 top of railway water-tower, 113 5S'.2; bottom of 

 survey station across river bed, 300 feet (91 meters), 

 172 29'.9; top of survey station on distant hill, 3 

 miles (5 km.), 253 30'.3. 



Samhopa, Kwangtung, 1917. South of south suburb of 

 city, one-fifth mile (0.3 km.) west of west bank of 

 Han River, on rough bushy grave-land, about 400 feet 

 (122 meters) south of southmost house of suburb, 70 

 paces west of main road and opposite a point on road 

 236 paces from south gate of city. True bearings: 

 bottom of cross on character over door of compound 

 on hill, one-fourth mile (0.4 km.), 51 50'.7; center of 

 top of leftmost roof ornament over gateway, 185 

 47'.0; right gable end of temple across river, half mile 

 (0.8 km.), 271 28'.2; top of pagoda tower on bank of 

 river, 341 06'.8; top of ornament on pagoda on hill, 

 half mile (0.S km.), 352 57'.2. 



Santuao, Fukicn, 1917. On customs property on water- 

 front near jetty, on lawn in front of custom-house 

 and roughly in line with its southwest side, within 

 angle formed by two stone drains and 10 paces north- 

 west of vertex, 172 feet (52.4 meters) southeast of 

 southmost drain-pipe along south west side of custom- 

 house, 160 feet (48.8 meters) south of customs flag- 

 staff, 101.3 feet (30.88 meters) northwest of nearest 

 lamp-post at inner end of jetty, and 122.7 feet (37.40 

 motors) southeast of southwest corner of base of sun- 

 dial in front of custom-house; marked by a graiute 

 block, about 6 by 6 by 30 inches (15 by 15 by 76 cm.), 

 with two sides inscribed C. I. W. 1917, projecting 

 about 6 inches (15 cm.) above ground. True bear- 

 ings: west boundary stone of customs grounds, about 

 200 foot (61 motors'), 94 32'.4; bottom of west corner 

 of southmost chimney of custom-house, 137 04'.8; 

 bottom of customs flagpole, 172 11'.2; bottom of 

 east corner of customs shed, 9S paces, 1S3 58'.8; 

 right gable end of upper of two gray houses at base 

 of conical mountain, half mile (0.S kilometer), 245 

 58' .4; lamp-post on inner end of jetty, 314 48'.9; 

 bottom of tide gage, 1,000 feet (0.3 km.), 357 10'.7. 



Sanyiianhsien, Shensi, 1915. About half mile (0.8 km.) 

 north of the city, on west side of road from Yaochow, 

 in northern part of an L-shaped burial plot, northeast 



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corner of which is 107 paces west ofwest side of road 

 at a point on road 700 paces from gate at northeast 

 corner of outer wall of city, 15 feet (4.6 meters) south 

 of north side of plot and 18 feet (5.5 meters) west 

 of east side. True bearing: tip of prominent tower 

 on city wall, 53 17'.9. 



Shahnkiao, Chihli, 1915. South of inn near eastern end of 

 town, about 100 yards (91 meters) southeast of back 

 door of inn, about 35 yards (32 meters) south of 

 a stream, and just south of eastern end of row of 

 small trees on edge of meadow bordering stream. 

 True bearing: vertical axis of v cut in prominent 

 mountain, 238 39'.0. 



Shakiao, Yunnan, 1917. On lower slope of wooded hill 

 used as burying ground, which rises from northwest 

 corner of village, on small open grassy space, S paces 

 south of footpath leading to northwest corner of 

 village, near point where it descends to join a lane 

 between high banks, 114 paces northwest along foot- 

 path from its junction with lane, about 100 feet (30 

 meters) northeast of several large tombs. True bear- 

 ings: near ornament on west gate of village, about 

 500 feet (152 meters), 8 27'.4; near gable end of 

 large house across valley, half mile (0.8 km.), 74 

 59'.0; center of prominent tomb on hillside, 1 mile 

 (1.6 km.), 112 50'.2; center ornament on temple, 

 1,000 feet (0.3 km.), 304 44'.3. 



Shanchatsz, Szechivan, 1916. Two stations, designated A 

 and B, were occupied, on eastern slope of Hsueh Shan 

 Pass, about 2 miles (3 km.) from summit of pass. 

 Station A is 45 feet (13.7 meters) east of east wall of 

 hut used as an inn, the only building in the place, 

 measured from a point 10 feet (3.0 meters) south of 

 north wall. Station B is 66 feet (20.1 meters) east 

 of Station A, in line with Station A and vertical edge 

 of small peak on mountain ridge, some miles distant 

 to east. 



Slmngtsuan, Shensi, 1916. On road to Lungchiichai, 2 

 miles (3 km.) south of town of Chingtsun, on pine- 

 covered ridge east of and about 100 feet (30 meters) 

 above level of road, just south of small village, at a 

 point 52 paces south of southern one of two large 

 black stone slabs which, with a number of graves, 

 occupy north end of ridge. 



Shanhaikwan, Chihli, 1916. -Approximate reoccupation of 

 station of 1907. Southeast of town, near west corner 

 of old wall of a destroyed village, rectangular in shape, 

 a short distance south of point where railroad breaks 

 through great wall which forms northeast side of 

 rectangle, about in line with southwest wall of old 

 village, on knoll used as burying-ground about 120 

 feet (37 meters) from northwest wall from which it is 

 separated by two gullies. True bearings: center gable 

 of railway station, 100 04'.6; left gable end of north 

 gate of city, 115 11'.9; right ornament on south gate 

 building, 116 17'.8; tower in southeast corner of city 

 wall, half mile (0.8 km.), 149 06'.4. 



Shanyang Yun, Yunnan, 1917. In north corner of a field, 

 about 500 feet (152 meters) southwest of southwest 

 end of market booths, southwest of village, 70 paces 

 down a small lane which turns off to southeast from 

 dry stony stream bed about 80 paces southwest of 

 southwest end of market, 6 paces west of cactus hedge, 

 13 paces from north corner of field, 3 paces east of 

 northeast corner of cess-pit. True bearings: center 

 ornament on roof of rear building of temple on hill, 

 half mile (0.8 km.), 6335'.5; center ornament on 

 main temple, about half mile (0.8 km.), 65 01'.5; 

 left ornament on gate-house at southwest end of vil- 



