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48 LAKE ERIE. yards across in the widest part. The west end is 1,500 yards north- , east from the bold northeast point of Kelley's island. Least water on reef, 6 feet. Deep water 50 yards east of the buoy; 16 feet of water can be carried between this buoy and Gull Island Shoal ~ buoy. Marblehead light-house, 8. 8S. W.3 W., 8 miles. Gull Island Shoal buoy, N. W., 2% miles. Gull Island Shoal.--Black, 2d-class can buoy in 16 feet of water, stands in rocky bottom on northeast point of Gull Island shoal. The water shoals gradually inside the buoy until rocks show - above water 1,500 yards S. W. 3S. of buoy. Middle Island light- house (Canadian), N. $ W., 1 mile. North end of Ballast island, W.2N., 54 miles. Ballast Island Channel buoy, W. 3 N. Ballast Island Channel (outer).--Black spar buoy in 15 feet of water, stands in rocky bottom at the south side of eastern entrance to a channel, with 14 to 15 feet of water, to the south- ward, and within 220 yards of Ballast island. Least width of channel, 130 yards opposite Ballast island. The south side of chan- nel extends 650 yards W. N. W. from the buoy, and its western end is passed when the range between the southeast point of Bal- last island and the east side of Gibraltar island is reached. The north side of Ballast island may be passed close-to. East end of Ballast island, N. 2 W., 800 yards. South end of Middle Bass island, Wo4S. Ballast Island Channel (inner).--Black spar buoy in 13 feet of water, stands on the south side at inner end of channel. South end of Middle Bass island, W. 258. East end of South Bass island, S. + W. Outer buoy, 8. 8. E., 700 yards. Entering Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island, from the Westward. Peach Orchard Point.--Red spar buoy in 12 feet of water, marks the elbow of a rocky shoal extending 375 yards northeast from Peach Orchard point (west side of bay), and thence 170 yards in towards Gibraltar island; western edge of shoal lies 140 yards outside the point. Northeast point of Gibraltar island, S. S. E. 4 K., 500 yards. West side of South Bass island, 8.W. by W. & W. Pass the buoy to the northward (deep water close-to), and steer to round the bold northeast end of Gibraltar island. Good anchorage and secure harbor inside.