THE SURVEY CONTINUED 91 



afterwards they both came in. By the afternoon the base 

 was finished and measured. The next few days were occupied 



MONTOIL PAGANS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE SURVEY PARTY 



by Alexander in plane-table work and by me in triangulation, 

 which was rendered rather difficult by the fact that our 

 signals were so often stolen, for the sake of the small pieces 

 of cloth on the flag. At this time our labours went on late 



