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68 LAKE ERIE. Ballast Island Channel (inner).--Black spar buoy in 16 feet of water, stands on the south side at inner end of channel. South end of Middle Bass island, W. 2S. East end of South Bass island, S. + W. Outer buoy, S. S. E., 700 yards. Entering Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island, from the West- ward. 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. E., 500 yards. West side of South Bass island, S. W. by W. W. Pass the buoy to the north- ward (deep water close-to), and steer to round the bold northeast end of - Gibraltar island. Good anchorage and secure harbor inside. Standing Westward Along the South Shore of Lake Erie, Between Sandusky and Maumee Bays. MARBLEHEAD LIGHT-STATION.--A fixed white light, 4th order, visible 144 miles. White conical tower, 55 feet high, with detached dwelling. Lantern black. On the northeast end of Marblehead, and south side of eastern entrance to channel between the Kelley's and Bass islands and the mainland. The Life Saving Station is near the Quarry docks to the westward of the light. T'he shore is low and rocky, with deep water 300 yards distant. Good water to within 400 yards of Kelley's island, opposite. 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 Marblehead light 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. 3 W., 74 miles. Scott's Point Shoal buoy, N. W. 1 W., 68 miles. Rondeau light-house N. E. $ N., 634 miles. - Fairport light-house E. by N., 76 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 in it 12 feet near the buoy, a channel 1,000 yards wide, between the shoal and Mouse island; the latter and the headland southwest of it are bold. North side of Mouse island W.S. W. 4 W., 14 miles. Green Island light-house, N. W. + W., 44 miles. Mouse Island Reef buoy, N. W. by W. # 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