Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-11-21

UltI6S, III Il WY - = =,
from the Light House, and. iii N. w. TO
Nm w direction or 8 miles. at the
distance of II to 2 miles from the Tight, IS
about 8 feet at low water common tides,
aud the meeting house with a steeple. IN
Brewster S. by F.. at the distance OF 3
miles from the Ii lighthouse, 10 10 IL feet,
the meeting house, bearing 5. ). r. at me
distance OF 7 miles, 81 fathoms water, the
meeting house bearing S. +. sy Sat these
depths OF waterthe Lighthouse bore from
E. by N. to E. by N. IN. Crossing this
Sbosl Point of Flats, you drop into or
5 tathoms at the distance OF 40 tatbom
from the edge 'of this Shoal, when the
Light house will then bare + N. f. Yes
sells drawing IL feet wafer or upwards,
should bring the Light house to bear E. N.
E. to N E by E. and steer IN E by 5. to
f S E. until the Lighthouse bears n. TO
N by w. when they will have good an
chorage in 8 to tsthoms at low water
common tides soft muddy bottom, and
distance from The Light house II to II
miles, Brewster Meeting house, or with
Windmill that stands not far from It,
when they will bear S, by w. I W.; also
the N Meeting house, that stands on bill
in Ea than and no other building near
to it bore at the same time E. J N.
The following bearings and distances
taken from the Light house:--The high
land of The North point OF the Monument,
". by N. : N. distance about 10 leagues;
entrance of Barnstable, the Black Land,
called by some Scargo Hill in Dennis, 5.
w. distance Is miles. S. W. is. about
Il miles Brewster Meeting house With
steeple to it, S. by w. 8 to 8 miles en-
trance OF Orleans, S. E. I S. 6 miles ;
Eastman North Meeting house, S +. by
f ! E miles; Silver Spring Harbor OF
Eastman, E. by N. IN miles. The a,
bove places ale all barred harbours, and
fats extend off shore to 2 miles with lit
tie water over them.
A rock that is in the psssageway up TO
WellAeet that is about l2 feet long and q
broad, called Bay Rock, on which IS a,
bout or feet water at low tide, and
round tbisrock is 9 to feetpwater at low
tide, bearing from the Light house +. BY
S. J S. distance II mile. When on this
rock, Chipman's Windmill, which is the
South mill in We}Ideet, little open to
the North Of large rock called Blue ROCK,
by some, and stands near the shore OIL
Welheet, when it will bear n. n. +. 4 T.,
this rock is covered at high water, and a
Windmill on bill in Eastman, over the
salt mills, which is near the shore al East
ham, these bearing E. by S. from Ray
Rock The East point OF The Horse Shoe
bears from the Light house E n. f. dis
lance about mile. The South side OF
Billingsg te Island the fats extend of the
distance ] to mile, having on them at
low water common tides 6 toe feet water.
There is no meeting house with stee-
pie 10 be seen to the eastward OF BarnSts-
Die but the one in Brewster ; and this
meeting house is good mark to pass o.
yer the long Shoal Point that extends od
from the Lighthouse.
From the Lighthouse on the Race
Point OF Cape Cod, when bearing +; y. Z
the course to Billingsgate Point off fats, is
S, by E. distance II miles. Vessel:
drawing 10 teet wafer or upwards, should
steer from the Race Lighthouse, South,
when distance from the Race 2 or miles
SAMUEL Il TREVETT.
Commander of y. S. Revenue Cutter
Search.
THE POLAR VERGE.
From the UeSten Spy and Literary
Cadet
MEssRs. EpIToRs: One OF your pa
pers, Of recent date, contains some &C
count of the sufferings of lieut. Frank
lin and his party, on tneir journey to
the west, northwest, and north, from
Hudson's Bay, IN 1919, go 81, and 22;
by which account it appears that he
passed through very dreary and I'M
productive country, in consequence OF
which he suffered great hunger and prl-
walton. | however, find nothing in that
account at variance with the principles
jnculcated in my Theory of the Earth;
for | contend that lieut.. Franklin's par
ty would have found climate tempe
rate, and amply productive of food,
had they poceeded down any OF the in
ner meridians which they may have
crossed, at, or shortly before reaching,
their greatest western distance by
the party's pursuing course west, nor
west, and north, they continued in the
most sterile region of the sphere
which contend exists along the neigh
borhood ofthe apparent verge, and be
tween it and the real verge. This re-
gion they should have crossed with the
greatest expedition practicable; & they
should have selected season when the
migrating raindeer cross those "barrer
grounds" that they might not want fol
God or good footing on icy bridges o,
YER the lakes; and they should also have
pursued the course those deer pursue, lr