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Wukangchow, Hunan, 1915 Two stations, designated A 

 and B were occupied. Station A is near middle of 

 level open ground west of district official's yamen, and 

 58M feet (17 8 meters) east of west wall of city, 112 

 feet (34.1 metersi and 129 feet (39.3 meters) respec- 

 tively from northwest and southwest corners of yamen 

 wall. True bearings: top of conical peak 5 miles (8 

 km.), 18 15M; left gable end of house, half mile (0.8 

 km)' 2043'.2; middle of door of white farmhouse, 

 2 mil'es (3.2 km.1, 25 45' 4; top of tower on city wall, 

 three-fourths mile (1.2 km.), 174" 29'.3; center orna- 

 ment on roof of temple, three-fourths mile (1.2 km.), 

 200 26'.8; top of square tower of brick building, one- 

 third mile (0.5 km.), 22541'.4; northwest corner of 

 yamen wall, 229 34', southwest corner of yamen wall, 

 328 01'. B is on open ground about half mile (0.8 km.) 

 from east gate of city, and about 400 feet (122 meters) 

 northwest of pagoda. 



Wuting, Shantung, 1915. Inside city, in recreation-ground 

 of Wuting grammar school, 48.5 feet (14.78 meters) 

 south of north mud wall of recreation-ground inclosure, 

 79.5 feet (24.2 meters) northeast of corner in west wall 

 of inclosure, 82 feet (25.0 meters) southeast of north- 

 west corner of ground; marked by two bricks placed 

 together on end with small cross cut in top face, left 

 just below surface of ground. True bearings: corner 

 in west wall of compound, 55 56' ; northwest corner 

 of recreation-ground, 126 37'; tip of ornament on 

 left end of roof of temple, 500 feet (152 meters), 

 147 52'.8; fork in tail of fish at left end of roof of 

 large school building, 300 feet (91 meters), 220 02'.9; 

 center ornament on roof of temple, 120 feet (37 

 meters), 26145'.0; fork in tail of fish on roof of 

 house, 120 feet (37 meters), 346 12'.8. 



Yuchou'fu, Szechwan, 1916. On northern slope of ridge 

 which carries south wall of city, at a point nearly due 

 south of residence of Rev. H. Openshaw of American 

 Baptist Mission, about 75 feet (23 meters) south of 

 mud wall bounding south vard behind district yamen, 

 and about 135 feet (41 meters) west of east wall line 

 of yamen inclosure projected. True bearing: tip 

 of white pagoda on hill, about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers), 

 18801'.6. 



Yangkai, Yunnan, 1917. On northeast side of large field, 

 175 paces along cart road leading southeast from 

 south gate of village, about 70 feet (21.3 meters) 

 south-southeast of solitary pine tree on north side 

 of road, 5 paces from bank forming northeast side of 

 field. True bearings: near ornament on south gate of 

 village, 500 feet (152.4 meters), 11933'.8; top of 

 distant pagoda on mountain, 7 miles (11 km.), 141 

 51'.8; bottom of solitary pine tree, 159 28'.2; top 

 of pagoda on hill, 2 miles (3.2 km.), 247 27'. 5; near 

 gable end of rightmost building near white house on 

 lull, 1 mile (1.6 km.), 275 16'. 1; bottom of tree along 

 north side of field, about 300 feet (91 meters), 298 

 12'.7. 



Yenanfu, Shensi, 1915. In center of small back-yard of 

 yamen of Hsien, about 15 feet (4.6 meters) north of 

 'south wall. True bearing: dividing line between 

 brown and white sections of south wall in next yard 

 as seen through gate, about 65 feet (20 meters), 

 242 36'.0. 



Yenmunkwan, Shensi, 1915. About 33 miles (53 km.) 

 north of Yenanfu on road from Suitehchow, on 

 southern slope below summit of mountain pass, in 

 line with center of stone archway and temple marking 

 pass, and 50 yards (46 meters) south of archway. 



Yenpingfu, Fukien, 1917. On property of Methodist 

 Episcopal Mission on hilltop in western part of city, 



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in boys' school- and residence-compound, in northeast 

 corner of tennis-court, 300 feet (91 meters) northeast 

 of residence of Mr. Caldwell, about 130 feet (40 

 meters) northwest of gate-house, 40 feet (12.2 meters) 

 southwest of corner of compound wall, 22.7 feet (6.92 

 meters) from east wall of compound, 35.7 feet (10.88 

 meters) from north wall of compound, and 110.5 feet 

 (33.68 meters) from near corner of gate; marked by a 

 hard Milestone block, 4 by 8 by 20 inches (10 by 20 

 by 51 cm.), with small cross cut in top face to indicate 

 exact point, and set level with surface of ground. 

 True bearings: ornament on tower of doctor's house, 

 1137'.2; center of top gable of Mr. Caldwell's 

 residence, 67 39'. 3: top of northeast corner of com- 

 pound-wall, 203 23'; ornament on tower of ladies' 

 residence, one-fourth mile (0.4 km.), 204 48'.9; top 

 of pagoda on left bank of river, 1 mile (1.6 km.), 

 2S4 22'.6; top of pagoda on right bank of river, 1.5 

 miles (2.4 km.), 305 40'.4; bottom of southwest cor- 

 ner of gate-house, 343 05'.5. 



Yichesun, Yunnan, 1916. On summit of small pine-clad 

 hill at south end of village, south of grove of pine 

 trees, on grass-land between edge of field on top of hill 

 and grove, about 250 feet (76 meters) southeast of 

 rear building of old temple, 3 paces north of edge of 

 field, 3 paces from pine tree nearest southeast corner 

 of grove on hill. True bearings: near gable end of 

 small white temple, 1 mile (1.6 km.), 63 12'. 1; top of 

 ornament at left end of temple building, 145 15'.8; 

 top of small pagoda, about 200 feet (61 meters), 186 

 04'.5; left pillar of two stone memorial pillars on hill, 

 half mile (0.8 km.), 19547'.5; left end of roof scroll 

 of small house, 400 feet (121.9 meters), 257 19'.4. 



Yingchow, Shansi, 1915. Within rectangular, level, un- 

 cultivated tract, 28 by 44 paces, elevated about 1 

 meter above surrounding cultivated fields, the north- 

 west corner about 20 paces south of north side and 

 15 paces east of west side of tract whose northwest 

 corner is 141 paces east of southeast corner of city wall. 

 True bearings: tip of tower on southwest corner of 

 city wall, about one-fourth mile (0.4 km.), 91 19'.4; 

 vertical diameter of knob seen over wall between 

 southeast corner and first buttress of east wall north 

 of corner, 119 43'. 1 ; gable end of tower on northeast 

 corner of city wall, 166 35'4. 



Yingpanshui, Kansu, 1916. At west end of village, on 

 scrub-covered flat between river and bank on which 

 village is built, about ISO feet (55 meters) southeast 

 of largest of five "li" pillars on top of bank, about 22 

 paces from foot of bank, and about the same from edge 

 of scrub along swampy margin of small river. True 

 bearings: center of chimney of mud house, 400 feet 

 (122 meters), 10403'.6; center of top of largest of 

 five "li" pillars, 144 28'; near ornament on nearest 

 temple building, one-fourth mile (0.4 km.), 239 50'. 1; 

 center ornament on main temple building, one-fourth 

 mile (0.4 km.), 240 46M 



Yochow, Hunan, 1916. At port of Yochow, not city proper, 

 on custom-house property, near flagpole and signal- 

 pole north of commissioner's residence, at a point 65 

 paces northeast of flagpole; marked by oak post, about 

 6 by 6 by 30 inches (15 bv 15 by 76 cm.), with top 

 face lettered C. I. W. 1916, with a drill-hole indicating 

 exact point, left about 4 inches (10 cm.) above 

 ground. True bearings: west edge of northmost- 

 chimney of commissioner's house, about 600 feet 

 (183 meters), 4 38'.4; top of pagoda at Yochow 

 City, about 2.5 miles (4 km.), 28 17'.2. 



Yiianchoiv Hun, Hunan, 1915. In south corner of grounds 

 of agricultural experiment station, on slight elevation 



