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art. iii. Of Particulars relating to the Operations of the 
Tear 1796. 
In the account of this Survey, published in the Philosophical 
Transactions for 1795, page 473, it is stated, that large stones 
were sunk in the ground at the extremities of the base of veri- 
fication on Salisbury Plain. To render these points permanent, 
two iron cannon (selected from among the unserviceable ord- 
nance in Woolwich Warren) were, towards the end of Fe- 
bruary, sent to Salisbury, and in the beginning of March 
inserted at the ends of the base. The same methods were 
adopted, for the purpose of fixing these cannon in their proper 
positions, as those made use of when similar termini were sunk 
in the ground on Hounslow Heath. This operation having 
been completed on the 10th of March, the instrument was 
shortly after carried to Kit Hill, in Cornwall; a station, like 
that on Bindown, chosen rather for the purpose of a secondary, 
than a principal place of observation. 
It would be tedious, and perhaps unnecessary, to enumerate 
the names of all the stations selected this year, as many of 
them do not form any part of the series now given to the pub- 
lic. We shall, therefore, confine ourselves to such remarks on 
the subject as may serve to abridge this article. 
We have before stated, that a station was chosen on Caw- 
sand Beacon, the northern extremity of Dartmoor, for the 
purpose of connecting with Dumpdon. It should have been 
observed, that to the westward of the former eminence, and 
near it, there is a hill considerably higher, which in point 
of situation has many advantages, but which cannot be made 
