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Landing from an Outrigger through the Surf 



was allowed on the streets of the city 

 after 10 o'clock at night without au- 

 thority, so that it was necessary for the 

 longitude observer to be provided with 

 a pass. For a while the field work was 

 confined to the vicinity of garrisoned 

 posts, but after a few months the gen- 

 eral conditions in the islands greatly 

 improved and survey operations have 

 been extended as needed. No serious 

 difficulty has been encountered because 



of the hostility on the part of the 

 natives, although in instances parties 

 have been in towns that were ' ' shot 

 up. ' ' On several occasions the survey- 

 ing work, and especially the triangula- 

 tion signals, have aroused the suspicions 

 of over-zealous local officials. In one 

 instance an observer climbing a hill to 

 occupy a triangulation station met the 

 municipal police of the neighboring 

 town coming down the hill carrying the 



