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square W. 1646 ft., and S. from the middle of the road 62 ft. It lies 91 ft. 

 E. of the summit of the small ridge. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 122 — In Caldtvell Co. Lat. 39° 39'; Ion. 94° 11'. On land 

 of Christian Smitt, 50 ft. W. and 212 ft. N. of the middle of sec. 29, tp. 56, 

 r. 29 W. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station \2-i,—Maysville, DeKalb Co. Lat. 39° 43'; Ion. 94° 24'. On 

 the grounds of the public school building, 65 ft. W. and 21 ft. N. of the 

 N.W. corner of the building. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 124 — 7« DeKalb Co. Lat. 40° 01' ; Ion. 94° 23'. On land of 

 Harvej Johnson, 50 ft. S. aird 206 ft. E. of the middle of the N. line of sec. 

 14, tp. 60, r. 31 W. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 125 — Albany., Gentry Co. Lat. 40° 15'; Ion. 94° 21 ' . The 

 station is 979 ft. E. of the N.E. corner of the court-house square and 8 ft. 

 S., these measurements being along the streets. The station is 11 ft. W. 

 and 8 ft. S. of the N.E. corner of lot 2, block 5, of Hundley's second addi- 

 tion. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 126 — In Gentry Co. Lat. 40° 16'; Ion. 94° 17'. The fence 

 E. on the E. edge of sec. 15, tp- 63, r. 30 W., is 107 ft. distant. The fence 

 S , which is the S. line of the N. half of the N.E. qr. of the section, is 193 

 ft. distant. There appears to be a double corner here. The evening-mark 

 reading was missed, but the station was on raw prairie and the instrument 

 was certainly not disturbed between the star observation and the morn- 

 ing mark reading. Polaris was observed on elongation. 



Station 127 — Betha?iy, Harrison Co. Lat. 40° 16'; Ion. 94° 03'. On 

 a vacant lot of Mrs. R. J. Turner, 365 ft. E. of the N.E. corner of her house. 

 The station is about 320 ft. S. of the N. line and 346 ft. W. of the E. line of 

 sec. 15, tp. 63, r. 28 W. The line fence of T. B. Shearer's yard is loi ft. 

 E. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 128 — Farm of John Honan, in Harrison Co. Lat. 40° 08' ; 

 Ion. 93° 56' . The station was in the meadow, 133 ft. S. and 289 ft. W. of 

 the N.E. corner of sec. 36, tp. 62, r. 27 W. Meridian determined by equal 

 altitudes of the sun. Small cumulus clouds cut off five observations out of 

 a series of seven. The two differed i' . 



St ATioi^i i2()— In Daviess Co. Lat. 40° 04'; Ion. 93° 53'. The station 

 was in the road about midway between the track and the S. fence, and 334 

 ft. E. of the N.W. corner of the S. half of the S.W. qr. of sec. 28, tp. 61, 

 r. 26 W. By reason of a very heavy rain which came up while the camp 

 was being made it was impossible to get an evening-mark reading. The 

 rain lasted until 9:15 p.m., and then a small patch of sky cleared around 

 polaris for about half an hour, and a pole-star observation was made.i 



When the star-observation was made the whole hillside was covered 

 with a sheet of water three to four inches inches in depth, which filled the 

 trenches around the tent and ran through the tent in a torrent. The 

 ground was however firm, and the tripod was as usual mounted firmly on 



