336 



Land Magnetic Observations, 1914-20 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



Peru conchided. 



Yangas, Lima, 1916 continued. 



of edge of ditch; marked by large pile of stones. 

 True bearings: cross by roadside, 11 20'. 9; top of 

 mountain, 19 32'.8; lower right corner of large stone, 

 30 03'.0; station A, 36 15'.3; rock tip on sky-line, 

 55 53'.5. 



Station C is in second field west of A, 373.2 meters 

 distant, on central flat part of high point near north 

 side of field, 146 meters west of mud and stone wall, 

 26.8 meters south of stone wall, and 16.3 meters south 

 of near side of irrigation ditch; marked by a wooden 

 stake projecting from ground. True bearings: station 

 A, 277 01'.2; corner of mud house by road, 300 

 32'.9; cross by roadside, 312 57'.0; highest point on 

 mountain, 357 48'. 1. 



Station D is about 850 meters southwest of station 

 A, in point of cultivated field about 400 meters 

 above Yangas, about 60 feet (18 meters) above road- 

 way, 23.35 meters south of tree inside wall, 25.25 

 meters southwest of breach in wall, 16.30 meters 

 southwest of highest point on upright rock, and 3.00 

 meters southeast of flat face of rock; marked by 

 wooden stake projecting from ground. True bear- 

 ings: station C, 224 14'.3; station B, 235 09M; 

 station A, 244 52'.7. 



Station E is about 654 meters southeast of station 

 A, in second field from road below lane leading north- 

 east from road, in southern corner of field, about 21 

 meters from stone wall between lane and field, 3.7 

 meters from wall to southwest, 8 meters from largest 

 stone in pile to north, and 5 meters from largest stone 

 in pile to northeast; marked by a wooden stake flush 

 with ground. True bearings: highest point of moun- 

 tain, 43 41'.3; station C, 122 14'.7; station A, 136 

 19'.2. 



Uruguay. 



Colon, Colegio Pio, Montevideo, 1919. Close reoccupation 

 of C. I. W. station of 1913, near Lieutenant Schwerer's 

 station of 1895, and Brazilian Magnetic Survey sta- 

 tion of 1904, on grounds of Colegio Pio, 166.5 feet 

 (50.75 meters) south of center of doorway of astro- 

 nomical observatory building, 38.4 meters southeast of 

 south corner of small brick building, measured in 

 direction nearly perpendicular to roadway, 43.7 

 meters from telephone-post standing 7.1 meters from 

 wire fence to southeast; marked by wooden stake 

 about 2 feet (0.6 meter) long, driven 2 inches (5 cm.) 

 below ground. True bearings: right edge of smoke- 

 stack, 55 49'.9; center of doorway, 177 56'. 2; spire 

 on college chapel, 221 40'.7; right corner of house, 

 314 52'.5. 



Venezuela. 



A pure River, Apure, 1914. On level sandy spot on south 

 bank of river, between Caicara and San Fernando, 

 nearer Caicara, about 15 feet (5 meters) from high 

 water and about 20 feet (6 meters) from edge of 

 wood. 



Calahoza, Guarico, 1914. In an inclosure on south side of 

 last street north of more westerly of two churches, 

 about half block farther east than church, about 35 

 yards (32 meters) from east edge of block, 39.5 feet 

 (12.04 meters) south of street fence, and 32 feet 

 (9.75 meters) east of a cactus and barbed-wire fence. 

 True bearing: west edge of more westerly church, 

 18 45'.5. 



Caracas, Federal District, 1914. The C. I. W. station of 

 1905, 1912, and 1913 was reoccupied. On same hill 

 as observatory, 63.2 feet (19.26 meters) northeast of 

 nort heast corner of foundation on east side of observa- 

 tory, 33.6 feet (10.24 meters) northeast of center 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



Venezuela concluded. 



Caracas, Federal District, 1914 continued. 



of round instrument pier, 43 feet (13.1 meters) 

 east of center of large boulder, and 49 feet (14.9 

 meters) southeast of center of large rectangular pier; 

 marked by hole in top of marble post 3.5 by 6 by 27 

 inches (9 by 15 by 69 cm.) projecting about 2 inches 

 (5 cm.) above ground and lettered on top C. I. 1905. 

 True bearings: gateway near west side of large 

 inclosure, 175 02'.6; east spire of Pantheon Nacional, 

 240 14'.4; clock-tower facing Plaza Bolivar, 259 48'.2. 



Guaramaco, Apure, 1914. Between buildings and river, 

 36.5 feet (11.13 meters) southeast and 64 feet (19.5 

 meters) south-southeast, respectively, from southeast 

 and northeast corners of most northerly building of 

 group, and 113.5 feet (34.6 meters) northeast of 

 southeast corner of largest and only inhabited building. 



La Urbana, Bolivar, 1914. The C. I. W. station of 1913 

 could not be precisely reoccupied on account of 

 erection of a barbed wire fence over spot. The new 

 station is about 22 meters west-northwest of former 

 station, on south bank of Orinoco river, 62 feet 

 (18.9 meters) north of north side of street nearest 

 river, 127.5 feet (38.86 meters) west-northwest of 

 large tree in street line, and 153.5 feet (46.79 meters) 

 northeast of northeast corner of house on south side 

 of street. 



Medana del Burro, Apure, 1914. On savannah, nearly in 

 line with north wall of most northerly of three build- 

 ings, and about 35 yards (32 meters) east of heavy 

 wire fence in front of buildings. 



Ortiz, Aragua, 1914. Inside a small inclosure west of 

 road leading from Villa de Cura, about opposite 

 south end of posada, 10.0 meters and 12.6 meters 

 respectively from north and west boundaries of in- 

 closure. 



San Fernando de Apure, Apure, 1914. On opposite side 

 of river from town, near stopping place for carts, 

 about 16 meters from top of river bank, about 75 

 yards (69 meters) east of building known as Puerto 

 Miranda, about 16 meters south of stockade, and 

 19.3 meters southeast of southwest corner of stock- 

 ade. True bearings: center of corner doorway of 

 building on west side of main plaza, 4 39'.0; pyramidal 

 tower of church facing Plaza Bolivar, 24 19'.0; east 

 stack on ice plant, 331 39'.0. 



Villa de Cura, Aragua, 1914. In westward extension of 

 street which passes north of plaza, about 300 yards 

 (274 meters) west of buildings facing on this street, 

 about 90 yards (82 meters) north of fine of houses 

 fronting on next street south, and 59 feet (18.0 

 meters) south of a lone tree. True bearings: dome 

 of a lone building, 92 19'.8; west edge of most 

 prominent building to northward, 177 03'. 1; highest 

 point of a hill, 316 33'.7. 



ISLANDS, ATLANTIC OCEAN. 



Canary Islands. 



Las Pahnas, Grand Canary, 1915. Practical reoccupation 

 of station of 1912. On hillside about halfway be- 

 tween Port de la Luz and Las Palmas, nearly west of 

 Hotel Metropole and English church, on excavated 

 level place belonging to Elder Dempster and Co., at 

 second turn in Jones's Road which ascends hill from 

 north and south road at its foot, west of intersection 

 of Jones's Road and a branch which continues to 

 northwest, 32.14 and 10.95 meters from north corners 

 of stone foundations of two benches to south and west 

 respectively, and 53.20 meters south of stone boundary 



