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49 LAKE ERIE. Presque Isle Beacon-Light.--A fixed red light, 4th order, visible 124 miles. White pyramidal tower, 30 feet high. Dwell- ing brown, on the peninsula, back of pier, with small white out- houses in rear of it. Dome of lantern red, gallery black. On east end of north pier. Brown life-saving station and two white sheds stand behind pier west of dwelling. A bell is struck by machinery, at intervals of 20 seconds, in thick or foggy weather, by fog-signal in base of beacon. Erie Range Beacon No. 1.--White octagonal lantern on a skeleton base, near west end of north pier. Erie Range Beacon No. 2.--White mast beacon with oval black day-mark. Fixed white lights, visible 8} miles. No. 1, on west end of north pier; No. 2, near southwest corner of keeper's dwelling. Presque Isle beacon forms a range with No. 1 for approaching and passing between the piers. The range between No. 1 and No. 2 guides through the newly-dredged channel into harbor. Lights 900 feet apart, bearing from each other, 8. W. by W. and N. E. by E. . Outer Buoy.--Black spar buoy in 16 feet of water. Marks the south side of entrance to channel. It stands in sandy bottom, on the prolongation of the south pier, and 250 yards outside the end of north pier. Not less than 13 feet of water, on either side of harbor entrance, between this buoy and end of north pier. Presque Isle point, N. N. W. $ W., three-fourths mile. Erie light- house, 8. E. ¢ S., seven-eights mile. Standing Westward along the South Shore of Lake Erie. PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT-STATION.--A flashing red and white light, at intervals of 10 seconds, 4th order, visible 14 miles. Red square tower, 45 feet high, with dwelling attached. Lantern black, dome red. On north shore of peninsula, 400 feet from the lake, three-fifths mile west of the most northern projec- tion of peninsula, and 3 miles, by water, west of entrance to Presque Isle bay, Pennsylvania. Dwelling partly hidden by trees. Con- neaut light-house, 8S. W. by W.4 W., 26 miles. CONNEAUT LIGHT-STATION.--A fixed white light, 6th order, visible 113 miles. Black below and white above, pyrami- dal tower, 27 feet high, square in plan. An elevated walk along pier to shore. Dwelling, cream-color, on the bluff west side of mouth of river. -Near the outer end of west pier, entrance to Con- neaut harbor, Ohio. West of piers, shoals extend 100 yards beyond them; a bar stretches across the harbor entrance, over which 8 to 10 feet of water may be carried; during gales the sea breaks on this bar, rendering the entrance unsafe. Width between piers, 100