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center of the mafs The firfl is near the village of Banjwaddy nearly 

 a quarter of a mile S. eafterly from it. The fecond lies about half a 

 mile S. eafterly from a fmall village named j4graruffi s which is up- 

 wards of three miles N* E. from Beygoor. 



Muntapum Jlation* There are two ftations made ufe of, the one is in 

 the center of the Muntapum, and the other a few feet to the weft of it, 

 but is now defaced. The Muntapum (a fmall Hindoo building on four 

 pillars*) lies about four miles north from Bangalore, a little way to the 

 weilward of the Nundydroog road. It is a noted object and feen at a 

 great diftanee* 



Dodagoontak Jtation. This is the great fiation of obfervation at which 

 the pofition of the meridian line is determined. It lies half way be- 

 tween the north end of the bafe and the Miirdapuvi, and is marked by a 

 large well built Hone platform of a circular form, and about ten feet 

 in diameter. Its foundation is about two feet and a -hatf under ground, 

 having a large {tone at the bottom, with a. Circle wHofe center corres- 

 ponds w?th the center of the circle above, over which the plummit of 

 the mftrument was fufpended during the obfervation. 



Bonnairgottah fiation, A fmall rocky hill clofe to_ihe village of that 

 name, lying about ten miles nearly Couth.. from Bangalore. The fiation 

 is on a- platform of clay on the top of the hill, with a marked ftone in 

 the middle, .. . : 



Tirtapuly fiation, A fmall hill, upwards of feven miles E .. S . E. from 

 the Eed*ah. near- Oojcottah. It is well known in that neighbourhood, 

 and the ftation is on its fummit,. being a platform of clay and Rones 

 with a marked (lone in the middle.' It is clofe to the road leading from 

 Gofcottah to Mattoor, 



