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of a Base Line on the Coast of Coromandel. 
lations, I caused a large stone to be placed at each extremity 
of the base, to mark and perpetuate it for future occasions. 
The stone at the north end I inscribed with the following 
characters : 
S. 3° 29' W. 
Yds. 
11636. 
T. 
1788. 
And that at the south end as follows.: 
N. 3 0 29', E 
Yds. 
11636. 
T. 
1788. 
both inscriptions equally implying, that the opposite end of 
the base line lies in the direction therein expressed, distant 
11636 English yards from the stone so inscribed. 
It may be proper to record, that the north end of the base 
is on the sea beach, 27 yards from the surf ; and 129 yards 
N. E. by E. easterly, from an old choultry in a Palmyra 
tope, called Namaswaumoodaly Choultry. From the mouth 
of Cuddalore river to the north end of the base I measured, 
with a perambulator, just four miles and one furlong. 
The south end of the base lies 42 yards from the surf, and 
169 yards E. -§-S. from a decayed choultry in a Palmyra tope, 
called Chinnachitty Choultry. There is another choultry 
and tope near the centre of the base ; but the northern cluster 
MDCCXCII. Q 
