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PRINCIPAL HARBORS, CAPES AND HEADLANDS,
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COASTS OF NORTH AND SOVT) AtVIERICA: i
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DESCRIBINO THE ,f r i
SOUNDINGS. BEARINGS OF THE LIGHTHOUSES AND BEACONS FROM E
THE ROCKS, SHOALS, LEDGES, &c. + '
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WINDS, SETTING OF TIIE CURRENTS, &a 3
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• E.point of Old Matecumbe,you may anchor,sheltered front all winds. This channel is t!`
bpd bf easily discovered by the white shoals of only 2 or 3 feet,bordering both sides of it,which ,
hof 44 fa- Two miles N. E.of Old Matecumbe you will find Little Matecumbe, which in this it
sopel you •
came direction has 4 miles in length[ this key is covered with high trees. UIP its N.
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rou• E.part there is a small mangrove island,separated by a channel of half a mile wide,and ;.
/ sod whichyN.E.of the last there is another,of tolerable size,separated by another channel of the
same breadth. This is also separated by another channel,like the others,from Long
lies at the Island
t,on your N.K•from LongIsland lies•Key Largo,separated like the others by a small narrow
int a bortlt
sand Key • channel. Nearly east front this channel,111 mile,lies Key Tavernier,to the northward of It
which there is excellent anchors°e fur vessels dawing ! r
ass the reef of the anchorages much frequented by the iishermeu.noAbout NfeEE.tbytN. from Key
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thaulfup f r Tavernier lies the Key Melchor Rodrigues, which is an island of tolerable extension,
teen from 6 and the land so spongy that the routs of the trees are discovered.
;Alternately The coast runs from Melchor Rodrigues to Key Largo. Oil this key lies that most
' dangerous reef called Carysfurt, (which appears like main land,) N. N. E., N.byE.
r 1..; and N.,on which last course there are various keys fur some distance, of which thlast f Gf{
ofrbIoxico, is called f Key Iliscayno; a little to the northward of this key there is an island of mode- ( y:
e;tent,and
r .Torii[- rate size,oil the main land, the eastern point of which is called j Cape Florida; from
T this cape to the northward,it is clear of keys and reef.,,and is all low and drowned. The
f Iraqi Flo- shores of this coast are lined with a bank of regular soundings,which run oil a good Vis,
ke,,seen a- Lance; this regularity of soundings extends from Cape Florida to Cape Canaveral,and
be seen at is of great benefit to navigators,except in about the latitude of 26°30'N., where the
gest clave soundings narrow,and scarcely extend two miles front the coast. The soundings off
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of the Isl- Cape Canaveral,that cape bearing W. by S.,are 55,75, and 90 fathoms,at 32,30,and
duce excel. 39 miles distance. (Lieut.J. Paine, April, 1839.) Frum 26°30'the soundings widen k
phi the coast,and the whole is very clean, with the exception of Cape Canaveral,from
etre ialande. which, at a long distance,you will find upon the same soundings various shoals; but as t
a`at Bahia the soundings run farther out to sea than these shoals,he who navigates here must run
Itwith pine with care,and have his lead at hand.
pie eels for From Cape Canaveral the coast rugs N.W.by N.26 leagues,to the entrance of New t i•1 i
ley Wgstt Smyrna, which is barred,and only fit for boats and launches; the coast is very clean,
%ea ,and In and you may, without danger, keep within two miles of it.f t Seven leagues N.25° W.from New Smyrua,is the entrance of Matanzas,but only
1.• mile vessels of very light draft.can enter it: this bar has 8 feet, at high water. From thi
,fin 3 and ile entrance there is an island navigation to St.Augustine, formed by the island of St.Ana- '"'
stasia and the main. The tide rises 4 feet at spring tides, and it is high water at full and i
is very east• change at 7 h.16 m. The whole of this piece of coast is equally clean with the anterior,
islands.and You have 8 fathoms one league from the land.
d"Palm Isla
ahritree' From Matanzas to St.Augustine is 12 miles, and the Island of St.Anastasia extends !
the whole length; you may keep along it at two miles distant,in 5 and 6 fathoms. You. i t
rhtsbank can see this island from 15 fathoms, as it is pretty high, and also distinguished by the
f t, light-house,showing a fixed light; the coast to the northward is very low,and you can + , f .J
ding to the.
.is to the see it but a short distance,so that it makes a good mark to know if you are north or
south of St.Augustine.
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From the foregoing observations it clearlyappears that there can be no great diffic •
ulty
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ay be ne- of fire-wood.upon the whole of them. With respect to water,it may be observed that
s water all just within the sandy beach, the islands are generally bordered with mangrove swamps, t
teat to
o the of about 100 yards broad; beyond these swamps the ground rises higher,and is generally t
proceed a of a rocky •bottom, where you will often find fresh water ponds,or natural tanks,which
to anchoriu
receive rain water.
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r it':' The whole of the coast from Cape St.Blas, as after mentioned,sends off a bank of
atecumbe, soundings which stretches a long distance from the land, and these soundings are gene- • •
W.,and its rally known by the name of Tortugas soundings,and are so clean that other danger is F j
the north not known iq the whole of it, than a spot or knoll of sand in lat. 28° 35', and lies about
ri1 ':+''t'{ a 12 miles east of the meridian of St.Blts.§ This knoll has but 3 feet on it,and so steep
there is a
lag the N. +A floating light is placed off Key Largo,bearing from the highest— lud on the Leos by }J
distant 7 rules; from the elbow of Carysfort Reef,N. i E.,distant 3 to 4 miles. Thu outer reef
neem to ale- (say 14 fathoms water)bears S.,distant o, "
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t Key Biscayne lies a little to the southward miles.
Cnpe Lat.2ao 6'N.,long.800 28'W. �r
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elevated 70 feet above the level of the sea,and exhibits alfiixed light. it is a light•bousc,the lantern
Bacon will , I A white buoy,showing 3 feet above water,is placed on a reef near Cape Florida; Soldier's t
Key bears front it W.by N.,and Sounder's Hat bears S.S.W.
I It is extremely doubtful whether this knoll exists.
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