Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-12

The editors Of The New.York dazetis
| are indebted to a gentleman recently ar
rived from China, for the subsequent va
iuabIe Nautical information. commun''
eating facts with which every navigator
of tine India seas ought to be aequainteu
Rxx.axs on the PaIawau Coast oy
DANIEL Ross. sq.Of the Bomba, Marine
aIu working or standing up the Pala
wan coast in lat. 8 SO, ". do not stand
| one mile East of III. and do not attempt
| 70 90 to the Eastward Of that meridiAn'
until yuu are in 8 54 North. Even 'nen
be cautious. In lat. g, N do not stano
to the Westward Of 1l6 As, East nor 70
the Eastward OF III 20, in the same pa
rallel Of latitude.
"Frsss 8, North, to 9 Is. N. do mt
stand 10 the Eastward Of III ~, East'
nor to the w. Of lie Sc, E. In lat y 9o'
N. do not stand to the Eastward Ut lio
Is, e. nor to the W. Of III so. ABOVE
the latitude Of 10, N. you must keep
good look out for small rocky patches, as
you approach the Palausn coast. having
S, 6 and z tathon.s only. From the lat. OF
| 10 to 70. N. to the WESTWARD oil ~ 3o'
E. we are at present unacquainted Of there
being anv danger. This is all the intor-
nation can give you worth Of your no.
tice. And notwithstanding some shlps
have gone without these limits, 1 would
advise you to keep within them, tor you
will scar ely credit the innu'neraDle
small patches (many even with the wa
ter, edge) that line The coast Of Palawan,
and the lead giving little or no warning.
Rocks, Shoals, Gc Eas; by South from
the Great Catw.ck. and nearly equi dis
tant from the twu Catwicks, there is
rock under alter, which shows breakers
in stormy weather.
A Shoal, supposed by appearances, re.
ported by capt. Vaughan; IA 10, N. and
ll2 IS, E.
"Shoals, &c. seen by d. Ross, N 1914:
Two Sand, Islands and tive SEyals, ly-
imp in N Z. and S.W. direction from
lat. IL Is, to IL 20, ", and from long.
ia l8, ia Is, E.
"a Sho.i, extending from lat. 10. to
10 8, N from long. 1lS 49. to lls SO, z.
"A small Shoal IN lat. ~, 2 so, North,
lsng. las, +.
ga Shsal in 10 Ia, n. lis 40, f.
"a Shcal IT, the W. Of the Great Ma
tumas, wit, two ie.'t water. Rock, IN
lat. 4 2, 10Y 40 80, East A shoal IN 8
| So N. lg7 46 so, K. A ',ry Shcal in the
Straits of Billion, lat 8 Is =. long 100
l so, E.. A Shoal in lat % so South,
long. l,8 ~, Z. A Shoal with thu ee IA.
thems (rocks) 8 90, s. 10s ss, e.
"Rocks aud .Shoas, seen by ID. Ross,
esq. in 1874:
"A ;,hoal, With two lathoms, in lat 2
! Sc, s. long. 1Os So 80, F. FairIie's Rock,
8 81, S. long. LOG 40 80, e. St. Esprit
Bank; (centre) 10 so, N. 1ls S, E. Ship
Charlotte Shoal. 7 S 80. 1877 80 E-the
least water on It six fathoms. Prince of
Wales Bank, iu 8 g. N. 100 IS. E. Rov-
al Charlotte's Shoai, 6 Sc Is N. lis 81,
L.. North Natumss, 4 49, iO8 4, E. The
Rocky Isle on the Prates Shoal, 90 4s,
N. Ii6 a, E. The N. E. Point on the
Pra,ss Shoal, 90 4s, N. lI6 81, E. There
is about IS feet three quarters Of a mile
from the N. w. Point Of the Island. The
| Macedonian Shoal 10 in 9 Is, N los 50,
IL. White Rock bore 8. SO Z. Saddle
Island s. so w. When on tine Shoal 7
IL fathoms, more Shoai to the Eastward.
Captain MCPHERSON. Of the ship Ocean,
| saw small but dangerous shoal, its ex-
tent IS to IS 'sthoms-put the helm up
and Just cleared it-appearance rocks
lust under the water, IA 8, 8. 10Y 4. K.
The ship Martha wss lost 10 July, 1910,
on a shoal to the N. and E. Of the island
of GilIaIo, before undisceered, situate in
lat 8, N. long. 1871 As, z. The Shoal is
of considerable extent, in the fair way Of
vessel. in making the Gillalo passage to
China.
"a reef Of Rocks run N. and 8. in lat.
70 As, long. s9 90, w. discovered BY
captain James Fish, in the schooner Da-
vid Porter, in 1915.
Description Of Shoal seen from the
Union Of New-Vork July %, 1919.
lat. at noon, IS q, Z long. BY Chron. al
70. F., at 4 P. N. saw ROCK about 90
Yards long, and 6 feet above the water,
surrounded By sand bank, visible as the
breakers receded from it, 10 an easterly
direction, breakers as far as the eye could
reach. From the mast head at sunset.
the e1tremities from NE. l-2 to 4. by 8.
the body OF the shoal 8 miles distaut-no
bottom at 100 fathoms.
Peacock Shoals, discovered by the
Swallow Packet, August 8, 1875: Long.
by her account of the NV. extreme ~
IS, f. lat. % 60, s. extending as tar as