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Base. N. W. end. This is a rising ground near the village of Putch- 

 apolliam, about five miles east from Kongiami It is marked by a circular 

 -platform, built of brick and ckunam, with a marked stone in the middle, 

 which marks the extremity, as in the other base lines. The S. E. extre- 

 mity of the base lies near the village of Kautpolliam and is marked in 

 the same manner. Both these platforms have large stones at the bottom, 

 fixed when the foundations were laid, and there are circles inserted, 

 whose centers define the extremities of the line, 



Putchapolliam station, i& the great station of observation for continuing 

 the meridian line, and is marked by a larger platform of brick, and mar- 

 Iced in a similar manner to the other. It is a little to the eastward of the 

 Base line, and nearly a mile from the N. W. extremity. This station 

 was chosen for the sole purpose of observing zenith distances, being only 

 .seven hundred feet west from the meridian of Dodagoonth near Banga* 



Naudkaunee Hill. ' A small hill about five miles S. W. from the S. E. 

 end of the Base. The station, is pn a wall, which has been intended for 

 a building. 



Parteemalli, will be found about six miles S. E. from Daraporam, with 

 the village of Parieeoor almost at the north foot of the hill. The station 

 Is the center of a large platfrora, marked on a stone by a circle. 



Kurroomalli, is a great mountain, about seventeen miles N. W. from 

 Dindigul, and four miles east from Teddacottah, in the Coimbetoor. The 

 station is on the northern and highest part of the ridge, on a circular 

 platform, marked by a large stone with a circle and point on -it. 



Permaul Hill. This is a prominent point on the great mass of moun- 



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