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Mr. Elliott. The only place. 



Mr. McGuire. You did not mark the monuments themselves ? 



Mr. Elliott. I did not have to; they stood there, and they stand 

 there to-day. You take my chart and you find them to-day there 

 just as I found them there in 1872-1874. 



Mr. McGuire. Now, do you say that a surveyor in the field, if he 

 finds a natural monument does not designate that monument and 

 mark it except on his map ? 



Mr. Elliott. He may put a temporary mark on it at the time 

 when he is plotting the field. 



Mr. McGuire. What is the purpose of putting on that temporary 

 mark? 



Mr. Elliott. For the purpose of making a base-line measurement 

 to it or from it. I put temporary marks there; I used kegs, flags, 

 and such things as that when making my original survey. 



Mr. McGuire. But there was absolutely nothing in 1913 by which 

 anyone could follow you and 



Mr. Elliott (interposing). Yes, sir; those monuments are there 

 to-day. 



Mr. McGuire. You put flags there in 1872, you say? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. And put what you say were temporary marks'? 



Mr. Elliott. Not a permanent mark, but a temporary mark on 

 the permanent monuments; and they are there to-day. 



Mr. McGuire. You did that for the purpose of designating those 

 natural monuments '. 



Mr. Elliott. Yes, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. Now, those flags were only temporary, and if they 

 have disappeared nobody could follow and check those marked 

 monuments ( 



Mr. Elliott. I beg your pardon; you do not understand 

 topography. 



Mr. McGuire. I guess I do. 



Mr. Elliott. Well, I do not think you do if you make that state- 

 ment . 



Mr. McGuire. What did you put those flags there for? 



Mr. Elliott. For the purpose of getting cross bearings on that 

 particular place, at the hour of taking iny angles in the field. 



Mr. McGuire. That is right. Now, when the flags were removed, 

 either by one cause or another, what were the designations on the 

 monuments themselves, whereby 



Mr. Elliott (interposing). Those cross bearings and that par- 

 ticular location in my field notes, would be found on the chart; and 

 you can go there years after and check it up again. 



Mr. McGuire. Well, the cross bearings 



Mr. Elliott (interposing). The cross bearings locate that par- 

 ticular place. 



Mr. McGuire. But only on your chart \ 



Mr. Elliott. They are on the chart to-day. 



Mr. McGuire. Is it not a fact that there is absolutely nothing 

 to-day on those rookeries to indicate that you have established a 

 monument of any kind at any time 1 



Mr. Elliott. Why, I have repeatedly said those "natural monu- 

 ments," which I located in 1S72-1S74, 1890, by my base lines, are 

 all there to-day. My charts declare the fact. 



