  The null hypothesis that the three dimensional power spectrum measured from
the APM Survey is consistent with the one dimensional power spectrum measured
from the pencil beams surveys of Broadhurst et al and of Szalay et al is
tested. The external estimates of the mean power that we make are sensitive to
details of the model for the survey geometry and to the assumed level of the
distortion of the pattern of galaxy clustering caused by peculiar motions. We
find that the measured 3D clustering of galaxies can account for the presence
of peaks in the one dimensional power spectrum, but is less successful in
recovering the detailed appearence of the observations. We find no strong
evidence for any additional large scale structure in the deep pencil beams
beyond that recovered from the APM Survey. We conclude therefore that it is
unlikey that large scale structure can be responsible for the steep local
number counts of bright galaxies.
