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THOMPSON'S. COAST PILOT. ge island on the south side, and run along it pretty close to in 10, 11, 12 and 13 feet water, until you range the Lighthouse in the same notches as you did the town on the north side of the island; then haul up quickly again to the southward and run into the river, which can be done by forming the best part of the letter S. In making the turn, you will run over a mud bar of 93 to 10 feet water. When in the river, keep the starboard side best aboard, to clear a flat which sets off and below Devil River. When abreast of Fort Howard, haul over to the docks at Navarino, or come to anywhere in the river in 54 fathoms water. When abreast of Grassy Point, in 11 feet water, you can make a straight line for the mouth of the river over the flats, in nothing less than 93 feet water. Steering about WhbyS, will lead you to the first stake outside the river; when you drop into 10 to 15 feet water, haul up river. 'The courses in these directions are compass courses. The Depot of the Railway terminates at the town of Howard, opposite the city of Nava- rino. The new channel across Grassy Island, leading to Fox River | will be, when finished, 200 feet wide, and 14 feet deep, from end to end, about a mile and a half. It will save from 3 to 4 miles of sailing over the old route, round the east end of Grassy Island, besides the great advantage of permitting vessels to come in with a wind that would allow them to head up SSW or NNE., ani. The new channel leaves the old one near the second stake below the mouth of the river, and runs straight in a line about NNE, pointing to the black stake on Sauble Point, and when the range lights are placed, steamers and vessels will be able to run up or down in the night. BIG BAY DE NOC. From Louse or Rock Island Lighthouse to Big Bluff NbyE 4K 20 miles; thence NEbyN4N 82 miles to Garden Bluff; thence NNWEW 4 miles, to Holbrook & Elkin's mills; come to in 12 to 13 feet water. There is excellent holding ground i in