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LAKE ERIE. oo 49 Standing Westward along the South Shore of Lake Erie, between Sandusky and Maumee Bays. MARBLEHEAD LIGHT-STATION.--A fixed white light, 4th order, visible 14% miles. White conical tower, 55 feet high, with detached dwelling. Lantern black, dome red. On the northeast end of Marblehead, Ohio, and south side of eastern en- trance to channel between the Kelley and Bass islands and the mainland. 'I'he shore is low and rocky, with deep water 300 yards distant. Good water to within 400 yards of Kelley's island, op- posite. Four and three-quarter miles to the westward, and just south of the range between this light-house and Mouse island, is a rocky 4-foot shoal; a channel, 500 yards wide between the shoal -and shore, 'The range between this and Green island light (N. W. ¢ W., 11 miles) guides between Starve Island reef, on the north side of channel, and Scott's Point shoal and Mouse Island reef on the south. Range between it and east end of Kelley's island leads directly over middle of Kelley's Island reef. North end of Mouse island, N. W. by W. ¢ W., 74 miles. Scott's Point Shoal buoy, N. W.4 W., 63 miles. Scott's Point Shoal.--Black, 2d-class can buoy in 16 feet of water. Marks the northeast point of a rocky shoal on the south side of the channel south of the Kelley and Bass islands. The shoal stretches towards and half-way to Mouse island, and is 400 yards wide; least water on it, 12 feet, near the buoy. A channel 1,000 yards wide, between the shoal and Mouse island; the latter and the head-land southwest of it are bold. North side of Mouse island, W. 8. W. 4 W., 14 miles. Green Island light-house, N.W. % W., 44 miles. Mouse Island Reef buoy, N. W. by W. 2 W., 14 miles. Starve Island Reef.--Red, 2d-class nun buoy in 14 feet of - water. Marks the southwest point of a reef, 400 feet in diameter, lying on the north side of channel, very near the track of vessels bound through; exactly on range of Green Island light-house, and southwest point of South Bass island. When Green island can be seen clear of South Bass island, vessels are clear of the shoal to southward; least water on reef, 11 feet. 'Two-thirds way from this reef to Starve island, is a rocky patch, with 11 feet of water on it. A reef extends from South Bass island to Starve island, leay- ing a narrow channel between. 'l'welve feet of water within 30 feet of buoy to the southward and eastward. Scott's Point Shoal buoy, 8S. HE. 2 S., 2,000 yards. Starve island, N. by W., 1 mile., Kast end of Mouse island, W. 8. W. 4 W., 12 miles. Bold south end of South Bass island, N.W. # W., 12 miles. Mouse Island Reef.--Black, 3d-class can buoy in 16 feet of water. Marks the north side of a small reef, 1 mile north of Mouse 4 D5 Gio iis HN Ug AsO a REE ig IS Ss TR gOS Lo ee Sti a ak SN eo me