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will divert them. Perhaps they will raise a garden on the level 

 bottom of the cup, if they can arrange for enough water. 



The water supply is not so great a difficulty as it seems. By 

 making a reservoir in the gulch in front of the observatory, the 

 drainage of several square miles may be impounded. Even the few 

 inches of yearly rainfall thus conserved will be abundantly sufficient. 



For provisions and mail the observers must arrange with the 

 Hottentots. With their own automobile, our men will make the 



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Fig. 7. — A Hottentot catllc-lL-ain near Mt. Brukkaros of the type which will 

 be used to haul the expedition's instruments and supplies. 



60-mile trip to Keetmanshoop frequently, where nearly everything 

 needed can be obtained. 



By permission of the Government of South West Africa, Mr. 

 Dryden, of Keetmanshoop, Inspector of Public Works, constructed 

 the observatory and approaches on Mount Brukkaros, last summer. 

 Our expedition with its 60 boxes of delicate apparatus and supplies 

 reached Keetmanshoop in September and was hauled to the foot 

 of the mountain by two 12-ox teams in a 6-day journey. All the 

 apparatus and accessories were at the top by mid-October. Observa- 

 tions began in early November. 



