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A TRAVELLER'S THEODOLITE. 
17, 18 April, 
and others, who bore so strong a family likeness, that I guessed their 
names without hesitation. * 
The weather was exceedingly favorable to our ramble, and we 
spent the whole of the day on the mountain top, enjoying the fine 
prospect and the freshness of the air, and gathering amusement at 
every step. 
Not having any instruments with me, and being desirous of 
taking the bearings of the distant objects which were in sight, I sup- 
plied the deficiency in the following manner. Having found a con- 
venient flat rock, I placed on it a large piece of drawing-paper, and 
secured it by bits of stone laid on each corner ; then, by the help of 
my compass and a long flat ruler, I drew a line on the paper to repre- 
sent the magnetic meridian : after which the ruler was brought very 
exactly to the bearing of the object, by directing the sight along its 
edge; and a line was then drawn by it, all across the paper, to which 
was written the name of the object. Though nothing can be more 
simple than this method, it will be found to be sufliciently correct, and 
of some use to a traveller who may happen to have with him no ma- 
thematical instruments ; as it combines all the properties of a theodo- 
lite, a protractor, and a field-book, and obviates the possibility of any 
great mistake in plotting ; for, should there be an error in the meridian 
line, occasioned by the magnetic needle being drawn out of its proper 
Aulax pinifolia 
Xeranthemum canesccns 
Leucospermum puberim 
Protea 
Xeranthemum 
Erica 
Antholyza 
Diosma 
Serruria 
Mestio 
Leucospermum 
Leucodendrum 
Liparia 
Arctotis 
Brunia nodijlora 
Protea amplexicaidis. 
Hydrocotyle 
Brunia 
Phylica 
Gladiolus 
Lightfootia 
Mesemhyanthemum 
Aspalathus 
Rhus 
Stcehe 
Blairia 
Cliffbrtia, &c. 
