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SOUTH AMERICA. 



Argentina continued. 



Huahuel Nii/eu, Rio Negro, 1919 continued. 



bottle being marked with triangle and letters CRB 

 outside and O inside triangle. True bearings: land- 

 mark (piles of stones on horizon line, placed by 

 Bailey Willis Commission), three-fourths mile (1.2 

 km.), 4314'.l; base of small chimney, 148 42M; 

 point on west end of building, La Maragata, 167 

 23'.3; landmark, 8 miles (13 km.), 210 10'.9; land- 

 mark, 4 miles (6 km.), 22647'.3; landmark, 1 mile 

 (1.6 km.), 292 44'.0. 



Humahuaca, Jujuy, 1917. Practically a reoccupation of 

 Argentine Meteorological Office station of 1913. In 

 one of a group of fields on opposite side of river from 

 and about 400 meters northeast of railway-engine 

 barn and water-tank, in about middle of five-sided 

 field belonging to estate of Don Jose Zenteno, south- 

 west of and adjoining one containing many small 

 springs, north of field between two roads leading down 

 to river, south of field south of adobe hut, at a point 

 approximately in line with crooked mud fence form- 

 ing south side of field containing springs, 69.6 meters 

 from mud fence to west, and 62.2 meters from mud 

 fence to southwest. True bearings: extreme left edge 

 of shed over railway water-tank, 19 12'. 6; middle of 

 left of twin domes on church, 45 56'.4; extreme right 

 edge of large sheet-iron building, 87 27'.2; extreme 

 left edge of nearby adobe house, 167 05'. 7. 



Jujuy, Jujuy, 1917. Close reoccupation of Argentine 

 Meteorological Office station of 1913. Near south- 

 east corner of Plaza Roca, north of house with arched 

 front, about 100 meters west of fence along Calle 

 General Paz, 51.0 meters north of fence along Calle 

 Alvear, near intersection of drive entering gate at 

 corner of Calle Alvear and Calle General Paz and 

 another drive entering next gate to north, 11.2 meters 

 from edge of drive to first gateway, and 14.0 meters 

 from edge of winding drive to second gateway, and 

 in line with edge of winding drive where it straightens 

 to southwest. True bearings: left edge of water- 

 tank at barracks, 112 46'. 6; left main edge of left 

 large concrete gate-post, 200 37'.2; left main edge of 

 left large concrete gate-post to southeast, 299 57'.6_ 



Junin, Buenos Aires, 1917. Proximate reoccupation of 

 Argentine Meteorological Office station of 1912. On 

 open camp north of railway station, near northwest 

 edge of links of Junin Golf Club, about in line with 

 holes 3 and 4, 42.4 meters southeast of street, 50.1 

 meters from wire fence to southwest, and 31.8 meters 

 northeast of hole 3. True bearings: left of three flag- 

 poles at clubhouse, 9 10'. 7; point on right-hand one 

 of four tanks visible over factory, 36 45'.3; ornament 

 on extreme right gable of gable house, 102 27'. 0. 



La Madrid, Tucuman, 1917. Practical reoccupation of 

 Argentine Meteorological Office station of 1913. 

 About 300 meters west of railway station, 43.7 

 meters west by north of a small straw hut, 26 meters 

 east and 30 meters southeast of two small trees re- 

 spectively. True bearings: top of third signal-tower 

 north of railway station, 202 37'.2; extreme left edge 

 of white building with 4 chimneys, 227 44'. 9; orna- 

 ment on west end of high gable on railway station, 

 271 41'. 9; bottom of signal-tower south of railway 

 station, 292 24'.3. 



La Quiaca, Jujuy, 1917. Practical reoccupation of Argen- 

 tine Meteorological Office station of 1913. About 130 

 meters west of Hotel Central Norte, about 100 meters 

 south of Meteorological Observatory and in line with 

 extreme west side of kitchen of observatory, 0.8 

 meter south of line of north wall of hotel. True bear- 

 ings: extreme right edge of observatory at eaves, 189 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



Argentina continued. 



La Quiaca, Jujuy, 1917 continued. 



50'. 9; small ornament on left gable end of railway 

 deposit building, 2S7 00'. 5; left knob on entrance to 

 cemetery, 358 51'.9. 



La Rioja, La Rioja, 1917. Practical reoccupation of Ar- 

 gentine Meteorological Office station B of 1913. In 

 uncultivated plain east of railway station, about 

 midway between matadero to north and new hospital 

 buildings to south, in line with southeast side of near- 

 est hospital building, 63.8 meters southeast of south- 

 east corner, and 55.3 meters west-southwest of south- 

 west corner respectively of 2 small brick ranchos. 

 True bearings: cross on cemetery building, 7 04'. 7; 

 edge of house, 39 28'.6; church spire, 9356'.l; ex- 

 treme right edge of matadero, 195 27'.6. 



Las Catitas, Mendoza, 1917. Close reoccupation of Argen- 

 tine Meteorological Office station of 1914. About 300 

 meters north of railway station, in peach garden 

 belonging to Don Cesar Suarez, about 100 meters 

 northeast of house, in unfenced roadway running 

 north through orchard, 49.1 meters north of gate 

 which forms entrance to orchard. True bearings: 

 extreme left edge of Sefior Suarez's house, seen over 

 lean-to, 55 55'. 6; base of smoke-stack for canning 

 factory, 9431'.0; extreme right edge of building, 

 343 2'2'.4. 



Las Flores, Buenos Aires, 1917. About 1 kilometer north- 

 northwest of Argentine Meteorological Office station 

 of 1913, in pasture belonging to Sefior Domingo Etche- 

 verry, near south corner, 59.4 meters from west, and 

 72.2 meters from south fence, just east of blind road 

 leading southwest from main road at a point 400 

 meters southeast of crossing near branching of rail- 

 road. True bearings: gable of barn near grove of 

 trees, 17 33'.7; left edge of adobe hut, 194 14'.4; right 

 of twin water-tanks of railway, 226 29'.8; gable of 

 white barn, 264 24'.5. 



Las Mesetas, Santa Cruz, 1919. On estaucia Las Mesetas, 

 about 15 miles (24 km.) south of north limit of 

 estancia, on a level plain slightly higher than site 

 of buildings, and about 100 meters south of and almost 

 in line with points on gables of house; marked by 

 wooden peg about 1 foot (0.3 meter) long driven flush 

 with ground. True bearing: point on far gable of 

 house, 197 51'.6. 



Ledesma, Jujuy, 1917. Close reoccupation of Argentine 

 Meteorological Office station of 1913. In paddock 

 belonging to Ingenio Ledesma, about 200 meters 

 northwest of railway station, 73.1 meters, 37.2 

 meters, and 52.4 meters respectively from east, south, 

 and west fences of paddock. True bearings: extreme 

 right edge of railway-engine barn at eaves, 6 15'.2- 

 left edge of two-story house, 215 15'.3; right edge of 

 railway water-tank, 292 03'.S; left edge of nearby 

 building, 324 04'.4. 



Leones, Cordoba, 1917. Practical reoccupation of Argen- 

 tine Meteorological Office station of 1914. In pad- 

 dock of estancia belonging to D. Benvenuto, about 

 1 kilometer north-northeast of railway station of 

 Central Argentine Railway, and about 1 kilometer 

 northwest of church, between small brick house near 

 northeast corner of estancia and Pueblo Argentina, 

 about 100 meters north-northwest of house, 48.2 

 meters west of east fence of paddock, and 63.3 meters 

 north of south fence. True bearings: distant railway 

 signal-post, 25 53'.0; left edge of nearbv large build- 

 ing, 156 02'.8; right post of football-goal, 304 13'.6; 

 cross between twin towers of church, 326 58'.8. 



