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telescope of the great theodolite, discover the soldiers at exer- 
cise in St. Mary’s island. 
Under this article, it will be convenient to state, that we 
have endeavoured to find some spot to the westward, on which 
a base might be measured. Had we been fortunate in this re- 
spect, it undoubtedly would be eminently advantageous ; as 
those triangles, now extended to the Land’s End, would, in 
that case, be verified in some part of the new series. In De- 
vonshire and Cornwall, however, no place has been discovered 
by any means fit for the purpose ; so that our communicating 
this work, under the circumstances attending it, is a matter of 
necessity. 
In the present and former seasons, such stations were se- 
lected and observed, as were judged to be proper for the future 
use of the small instrument; and as we had experienced, in 
the e&rly stage of this Survey, much delay and disappointment 
from the white lights not being always seen when fired on 
distant stations, we have since substituted lamps and staffs in 
their stead. The operations of the present year were continued 
till October, when the party returned to London. 
art. iv. Angles taken in the Tear 1796. 
At Kit Hill. 
Between 
Butterton and Maker Heights 
Maker Heights and Bindown 
Carraton Hill and Bindown 
3 M 
O / // Mean. 
48 36 45 ids 
4 , 7,75 J 4 ’ 5 
53 21 !3>75 
50 45 3 1 
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