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46 LAKE ERIE. shoals, and an inner dredged channel, in three straight reaches, lying north and west of Horse-shoe shoal, and leading up to the City of Sandusky. Channel, 4 miles long, bottom and banks sandy (until up with the inner reach, where both are soft), and 14 feet of water carried through. The outer two reaches of the dredged channel in the bay are 200 feet in width, and the inner bank curved at the elbows; the inner reach, and also the dredged channel across the bar at the entrance to the bay, will, when completed, be the same width. The spar buoys on the banks of the dredged part of channel stand within a few feet of the edge. The dredged channel terminates 100 yards from the city wharves; 10 to 12 feet of water beyond and alongside the wharves; 12 feet of water (un- less usually low water) on both sides of the Inner reach (until past the Inner buoy) to a distance of 1 mile on the east side and one- third of a mile on the west; best anchorage on east side, behind Horse-shoe shoal; the Inner Elbow buoy, in range with the south end of Johnson's island, marks the northern limit of anchorage. The outer edges of the Sand Point and Cedar Point shoals trend N. W.4 W.and S. by E., respectively, from the Outside buoy, until within a third of a mile of the shore; 6 feet of water can be car- ried across the outer end of Sand Point shoal, east of the range between Marblehead light-house and Cedar Point beacon, and across the Cedar Point shoal to within a third of a mile of the shore, When up with Cedar point, vessels drawing not more than six feet may take the East channel, shortening the distance to the city three- quarters of a mile; from the entrance, between Cedar point and the Point of Horse-shoe Shoal buoy, stand along the west side of Cedar point 100 to 300 yards from the shore, until it trends sharply to the eastward, half a mile below the light-house, then steer 8.8. W. for the eastern wharves of the city. This course leads across the south arm of Horse-shoe shoal in not less than 6 feet of water. The Outer Bar buoy may be approached from the eastward on any course between N. W. and S. E. by E. It is just to northward of the Cedar Point range. From it steer 8. W. 4+ W., on the range, past Bar buoy, No. 4, to South Shoal buoy, No. 1, then haul to westward to pass Cedar Point buoy, No. 3, to northward, take up. the West Sandusky Bay range and follow it to Curve-of-Bank buoy, No. 11. The west side of this curve is marked by Buoys Nos. 11, 13 and 15, when the North Sandusky Bay range is reached and fol- | lowed until Inner Elbow buoy, No. 20, is reached, from which the West beacon of Sandusky Bay ranges bears N. by W.} W. The range between this beacon and City Hall clock-tower (illuminated) leads mid-channel to its end. Outside Buoy.--Red, 2d-class can buoy in 13 feet of water. north side of entrance to dredged channel across the bar. Chan- nel, 150 feet wide; best water on the range. Cedar Point Range beacon, 8. W.,1 mile. Marblehead light-house, N. W. by N., 3. miles. Bar buoy, S. W., one-quarter mile.