like that which led to the conspicuous object. With Sha wei shan in sight "Swaton" and the loss of the "Racehorse", a light of the first order has been procured for one of the islands off the harbour.
Shanghae. This the port most frequented by shipping, is also the one least difficult of approach, it's always easy, however demand a good hand in the chains and attention to both helm and sails, Collisions excepted, steamers come and go in absolute safety; that is requisite rather than the light on the buoy. The Saddle Islands and Gutzlaff are sufficient guides to the mouth of the Yangtze, to the south, and the high island known as Sha... wei shan, to the north, is a very conspicuous object.
On a chart on board, nothing but absolute carelessness would lead to the only rocky dangers in the approach to Shanghai viz. the Amherst and Ariadne rocks.
The real difficulty of the approach is to keep in the channel when once in the river. After leaving the Saddles, Gutzlaff, or Sha wei-shan, a vessel will make the Lightship a sure guide in the vicinity of which a pilot is sure to be found on board; from the Lightship the Pilot has no great difficulty in taking the vessel far enough up the river to sight the Beacon, a lofty tower on the shore below Woosung and the Beacon passed, Woosung is soon sighted inside Wassung.
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