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marked local eifects. The region is level prairie, and long N. and S. lines 

 run bj compass are greatly and uniformly curved, showing an abnormally 

 great easterly declination. This station and station No. 144, about 12 

 miles E., show an area of abnormal easterly declination. The disturbed 

 region extends over an area of many miles. 



Station iis—Moberly, Randolph Co. Lat. 39° 26'; Ion. 92° 26'. On 

 the fair grounds 184 ft. E. and 289 ft. S. of the W. entrance. Polaris obs. 

 on elongation. 



Station \\\~ Macon, Macon Co. Lat. 39° 46'; Ion. 92° 30'. In the 

 stock-yard of O. S. Bearce, directly in front of his barn and 20 ft. from the 

 Vine-st. fence. The city school-house is one square W. and one square N. 

 Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 115— /« Macon Co. Lat. 39° 48'; Ion. 92° 37' . On the farm 

 of Isaiah Lewis, which is the N. halfof N.E. qr. of sec. 21, tp. 58, r. 15 W. 

 The station was in front of the house, and midway between the road and 

 the yard fence. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station i\(>—Near Mercyvtlle, Macon Co. Lat. 39° 57' ; Ion. 92° 42'. 

 About half a mile N. of town. A corner-stone in the road, a quarter of a 

 mile S. of the middle point of the N. line of sec. 35, tp. 60, r. 16 W., bears 

 S. 3° 23' W. 589 ft. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 117— /« Linn Co. Lat. 39° 54'; Ion. 93° 07', In the bottom 

 of the west branch of Yellow creek. The station is within a few feet of 

 the corner, a quarter of a mile due E. of the middle point of the E. line of 

 sec. 22, tp 59, r. 19 W. A large white-oak tree stands 20 ft. W., and the 

 east end of the bridge is 261 ft. distant. The mark used was an iron rod 

 on the bridge, 11 ft. west of the centre of the bridge. Polaris obs. on 

 elongation. 



Station \.\^ — Linnceus, Linn Co. Lat. 39° 51'; Ion. 93° 13'. On a 

 vacant lot on the summit of the hill E. of the Burlington & South-western 

 R.R. depot. The S. line of the yard of Chas. B. Purdin lies 166 ft. N., the 

 N. line of the farm of Joel Wilkinson lies 166 ft. S., while the field to the 

 E. across the road is 237 ft. distant. The court-house spire was used as a 

 mark. Two polaris observations on elongation. 



Station 119 — Near Laclede, Linn Co. Lat. 39° 47'; Ion. 93° 17'. 

 Station one mile W. of town, on the E, side of Muddy creek; about 350 ft. 

 E. of the bridge and 20 ft. N. of the road centre. The slation is said to be 

 on the S.E. qr. of sec. 36, tp. 58, r. 21 W. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 120 — In Livingston Co. Lat. 39° 38'; Ion. 93° 45' . On the 

 farm of Wm. E. Wolfort, in the N.E. qr. of the S.E. qr. of sec. 33, tp. 56, r. 

 25 W. The station was in the cattle-yard 25 ft. from the road fence to the 

 east (the road being on the section line), and 40 ft. N. of the door-yard 

 fence. . The middle line of the section is in the E. and W. road perhaps, 

 100 ft. N. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station \2i— Kingston, Caldwell Co. Lat. 39° 41'; Ion. 94° 04'. The 

 station will be found by going from the S.W. corner of the court-house 



