Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-01-13

81 ~ Z, .,.,,r,s fock whcn yon VIII see ao9ut a
- -. shore. 6s some of them are from 10
e ''I,. mt of wa:er,-aIla about league rsom
81 Sc the IsIaal, opposite winch there are
a s.ftle.rsn.s % BE- sen these rocks are
~. ss,aspcu5as .laa'ks s9s aay master q yes.
4 'a.terlnisic waese he IS, DISCRIMINATING l
sooS., nsaV vessels msSak- the 5. end OF
.l,ad gor Cooked Island, | suppose by
70 500 taafar the Soushasd OF the latter -
- ga, a,te over raa rheir distance N the
e s.. night, and by containing an very Of
& an, sesk-a, or if they Sc the bank
4 ~. ,h..n, are fur sevesai dags Wandering aud
nm IS ,at for a pass7g9 IN al ocean Water.
M ,ast their chart 27llts on p Shsm 1sa
-, 4 ,Ae Blhana Bank faT atSsr yaa pass
r,eks vau san stll caat,nee n. w cpusse
II 800 wssef as befgle, s 81 s l-aSaes farmers
49, s,.1 cone 20 tie bank, ab9at seagd- bc-
3 - esel, you will observe a low andy point
s.,ssbng i from. tie ] nd about w direaon,
s.ssb wSes YOU COM within leagas dista ce' OF
q -, xal Gad goafsslE am9ng a parcel OF rocks,
! wb.ch are nearly our Of wate-s but by
oDeaiag tie u you may carry 10 feet water thfoag
flr IS Isttie Exuna, OF fi9g Quay, by consinu,
mo he same curse ysu have bsen steering, the
l.t,.r & a5 "a 81 leagues forom the Sandy POINT
Nave mentioned, from which the Jasca rocks braF
9 8 ". distance three leagues and IRON Hog
Oaay s. s. Z, distance Ave leagues whea you
e>-ns no " In them y3u vii 6od them range off
,.arg s. ". and BY S. until YOU raise the Larger
cues. win shrubs and bushes. growing On them,
i tie 6tst Of which is Catled Wa.ef Qaay, and the
mex. Pailiul.ug Quay; from the laser you will
fad tlsy range as TAR as Ragged Island, neatly
S. S. E. and N N. w. 50 chat fgon yhe S L
end Of Long slant, as far 10 tbs N. w. as the
Sandy Po;Bt, which i have mentioned, and 10 the
,oughsard aoj westward as far asl Ragged Island
and Qaay Vcrd forms haIfcircuiar, safe ocean
waier, sound 10 snayIgate.
Ragged Island, on which the Salt P,od is, is
the S. and easrerm3:s Of all me Enmeea QlaYs,
except one which is called Little Rsgsed Island,
round the end Of winch you may SAIL very safely
with any drafs Of water, by giving the END one
half nile distance, and.you Will 6ud good anchor
aye on the south side of either of the Ragged l..
stands, by giving the shore good birth; where
the Salt Pond lies, distinguished from all the o.
1her Guys, by settlement, lock out house
and flag staff at the end OF it on the highest bill
On the island.
Whala5's IslandRpm Quay, G. Harbor which
IS s l-sguss from the S. E. end Of Long Island
and Quay VeFd, are on due north and south
range Of each other, but very differently laid
down by Romans and others; from Waiting
Island to Run Quay, the distance is II leagues
from the latter TO Great Harbour, TO-, and from
Great EIarb0r ~ CIay Vera u,
II you are bound from Ragged Island, to
Nssssu, when you clear the double 5rest Of gu Y
Banks, your eoarse as FAR as Nurse Quay, winch
istbe second one of any size that you swll see
On your ssarboa;d hsnd after you ts<e your
depsture from the bank, iast mentioned, your
course until you see Nurse Quay, is N. by w.
from whica yau shape youi easTse from Barri-
eurta Rocks, which lay betwixt the Scale 8snss
and the Brigsrtine Guys; should YOU have a fan
wind when You take ysu5 departure from Nurse
Qaly, your coarse is n. n. W.. until you come
10 sae lofmer rocks, before you come 70 them
YOU VIZ make the Exuma Qaays on your star
b5aId bow, and four or i've leagues 70 win9ward
of them, YOU will also see h-use on a small
Qaiy, called L9ak'y's Quay, little beyond
Which you wilt observe another small low Quay
on the sane quarter, Ysu must then steer n. W.
and by W. AID begin to look out for 9africutta
Rocks ffom your mast head, there ere four of
them N all, two Of them range n. ". aud S. E..
ana neither Ct chem appear on OF waler only at
low. tide give them brth Of four hundred yards
ols'sace OF your starboard hand, and afSer you
hage passed ttea abort league distance you
may haDi up \ n. W.uuuI you come in with
s0e idna tTen Nufsesolay TO the Barricusta Rocks
mentioned, TIE distance is abeut ~ leagues your
Syes aiie: y}e pass them is Your pilot for Raging
nor, 'lie Esuma Qasys, which a n. ". course
Wal 40 and yea sbouid give them about two
'essu:s distance on your ssArbeaEd nand, which
WV Clear Yoa tfom all the backs that run out
.'osR tvms and give you At the same time good
o!stanee 10 he norfhuz..rri o. the Sale Rarll.s