Descriptions of Stations 



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SOUTH AMERICA. 



Peru continued. 



Hacienda, Huayta, Ptino, 1917 continued. 



casi, which is at an elevation of 100 to 125 feet (30 

 to 3S meters) above great flat valley lying between 

 Lampa and Miraflores. Station A is about 1.7 miles 

 (2.7 km.) east of buildings of plantation. True bear- 

 ings: Coachico Peak, 84 3S'.6; Pilinco Peak, 123 

 26'. 8; dome of San Santiago Church in Lampa, 182 

 14'.8; Youinuta Peak, 222 29'.3; Cerro Yocara, 275 

 53M; boundary marker, 276 05'.0; tower of old 

 building at Hacienda Miraflores, 348 53'.4. 



Station N is 482.01 feet (146.917 meters) north of 

 station A, in line between station A and dome of San 

 Santiago Church in Lampa. True bearings: Coachico 

 Peak, 8400'.6; dome of San Santiago Church, 182 

 14'. 8; Cerro Yocara, 276 21M; tower of old building 

 at Hacienda Miraflores, 349 15'.6. 



Station E is 605.25 feet (184.481 meters) east- 

 southeast of station A in line between station A and 

 an unnamed peak. True bearings: Coachico Peak, 

 8501'.l; dome of San Santiago Church, 181 29'.0; 

 unnamed peak, 293 07'.1. 



Hacienda Putante, San Martin, 1917. On south bank of 

 Putante River, one-fourth mile (0.4 km.) west of 

 Huallaga River, the hacienda serving as port for 

 town of Uchiza, in field, about 150 meters west of 

 southwest corner of main building of hacienda, 11.8 

 meters southwest of west corner and 12.7 meters 

 west of south corner, respectively, of a small shed, 11.7 

 meters northeast of a prominent stump, and 17.1 

 meters northwest of a lone tree; marked by a wooden 

 stake. True bearings: east corner of native house, 

 24 37'; southwest corner of main building, 273 02'.6. 



Hacienda San Juan, Huanuco, 1917. Southeast of road 

 running along southeast wall of patio where cacao 

 is dried, 4.93 meters from patio wall, 15.70 meters 

 northeast of south corner and 37.40 meters southwest 

 of north corner of wall; marked by a wooden stake. 

 True bearings: ball on bell-tower of Hacienda San 

 Francisco, 7 42'.4; west edge of mud house at Haci- 

 enda Pampayaca, 11 55'.8; gable end of house on 

 hillside, 30 59'.5; south corner of farthest house 

 visible across valley, 311 19'.8. 



Huacho,, Lima 1916. Close reoccupation of C. I. W. sta- 

 tion of 1912. On high bank overlooking seashore, 

 about 175 yards (160 meters) west of railroad station, 

 at a point 118.2 meters southwest of southwest cor- 

 ner of building east of track and north of street, 105 

 meters west-southwest of single railroad track between 

 two switches, 20 meters west of northwest corner of 

 a large mound, 17 meters north of center of small 

 knob-like mound, 20 meters east-northeast of brink 

 of high steep bank above seashore, and 28 meters 

 east of intersection of south edge of gully with brink 

 of steep bank; marked by a shallow chisel mark on 

 a triangular stone 4.5 by 5 by 5.5 inches (11 by 13 

 by 14 cm.), left flush with ground. True bearings: 

 lone pole in pass to right of railroad track over ridge, 

 05 41'.4; north corner base of distant cross, 16 16'. 2; 

 point on middle of cliff, 127 35'. 0; old base of fallen 

 cross, 13548'.2; large cross on mound, 170 23'.4; 

 church spire, 271 49'.2. 



Huacrachuco, Huanuco, 1917. Near end of Calle Colca- 

 bamba by river, in middle of street, in area confined 

 within retaining walls, 3.50 meters and 4.50 meters 

 from face of walls to eastward and northward respec- 

 tively, 5.50 meters and 5.80 meters from corners 

 northeast and northwest respectively, and 27.30 

 meters northwest of intersection of south side of 

 Calle Principal with east side of Calle Colcabamba; 

 marked by a bone stake driven flush with ground. 

 True bearings: outermost point of vertical cliff, 43 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



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Huacrachuco, Huanuco, 1917 continued. 



03'. 6; north corner of Senor Dassa's house, 130 

 02'. 1; east gable of house on hillside, 141 29'.2; west 

 corner of house across river, 198 25'. 4; northeast 

 corner of chapel tower, 331 53'.8. 



Huancayo Observatory, 1919, 1920. See description of 

 Observatory page 000. 



Huancayo, Junin, 1917, 1919. The primary station was 

 about 180 feet (54.9 meters) west-southwest of C. I. 

 W. station of 1912, which was unsuitable for reoccu- 

 pation, on west side of town, about 1,250 meters west 

 of railway station, 1 block north of street leading from 

 main plaza of town to entrance of cemetery, in corner 

 of a field, 464 feet (141.4 meters) north of north cor- 

 ner of high mud wall surrounding cemetery, 45 feet 

 (13.7 meters) south-southwest of line of eucalyptus 

 trees just inside century-plant hedge, 74 feet (22.6 

 meters) south-southwest of face of mud wall on north- 

 west side of road, and 74.6 feet (22.74 meters) from 

 nearest corner of high mud wall to north-northeast 

 of station; marked by a conical pile of boulders. True 

 bearings: east gable adobe house, 26 24'.8; south 

 tower of church in Chongos, 41 35'.0; tower of Iscos 

 church, 5447'.l; tower of church in Chupaca, 98 

 23'.8; tower of church at Huayao, 99 51'.4; C. I. W. 

 station of 1917 at Huayao, 102 31'.8; tower of church 

 in Marcatunac, 107 48'.4; Matuhuatac hill, 113 

 28'.7; tower of church in Vicso, 126 46'.0; stone 

 marker on peak at south end of valley, 354 59'.3. 



The secondary station of 1917 and 1919 was 951.3 

 feet (289.96 meters) south-southwest of main station 

 and in line between primary station and east gable of 

 adobe house, 103.1 feet (31.42 meters) from nearest 

 point of south corner of mud wall about cemetery, 

 87.7 feet (26.73 meters) from face of third pier on wall, 

 counting corner pier as one, and 109.4 feet (33.35 

 meters) from sixth pier, marked by a conical pile of 

 boulders. True bearings: east gable adobe house, 

 26 24'.8; south tower of church in Chongos, 42 02'.S; 

 tower of church in Iscos, 55 33'.6; tower of church 

 in Chupaca, 100 25'.3; tower of church in Sicaya, 

 134 32'.6; stone marker on peak at south end of 

 valley, 354 29'.0. The observer in 1919 states that 

 Huancayo secondary is more likely to be available 

 for future observations than Huancayo primary. 



Huanuco, Huanuco, 1917. About three-fourths kilometer 

 west of Plaza de Armas, on slope of hill above west 

 end of General Pardo Street. Station A is 90 meters 

 west of point where water for city is taken from main 

 canal, 3 meters south of edge of dry washout, and 44.55 

 meters west of north corner of house-ruins at end of 

 General Pardo Street; marked by stake. True bear- 

 ings: spire at hacienda Huanchupa, 12 58'.6; base of 

 cross on cathedral spire, 294 42'. 6; west gable of 

 chapel across bridge, 30331'.9; southeast corner of 

 chapel on hill, 308 08'.2; cross on Santa Domingo 

 spire, 32358'.5; spire on nunnery, 336 19'.6. 



Station B was occupied for making comparisons of 

 instruments, 30.21 meters east of A in line toward 

 cathedral spire. 



Huayao, Junin, 1917, 1919. In Pampa de Orhuazo about 

 1.5 kilometers west by south of Huancayo Magnetic 

 Observatory site, about 2 kilometers southwest of 

 C. I. W. station Pamparca A of 1917, 120.7 meters 

 from southeast corner of stone wall around corral of 

 Senor Melgar. True bearings: tower of church in 

 Huayao, 938.8 meters, 59 34'.8; Huayao eclipse 

 station, 827.5 meters, 75 30'.7; tower of church in 

 Marcatunac, 144 26'.3; stone marker on Cerro Cail- 

 pich, 263 54'.4; east tower Ahuac cemetery, 325 

 38'.6; tower of church in Iscos, 334 12'.9. 



