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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like that which led to the
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conspicuous object. With Sha wei shan in
standing
of the
sight
"Swaton" and the lofs 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
difficulties,
always
are
however
demand a
easy of approach, it's
of
a kind that will
good hand in the chains
and attention to both helm and sails, Collisions
excepted, steamers come and
aud
for sailing repels,
до
in absolute
it is the
tug boat
safety; that is requisite rather than the light on the buoy. The Saddle Islands and
• Gutzlaff are sufficient quides to the mouth of the Yangtze,
3 to the south, and the high island known
and a chart on
absolute carelef
carelefmefo
board, nothing but
would
the only rockly dangers
Shanghai viz.
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vepel
on
in the approach
to
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 vepel will make the Lightship a light
that has been kept up for the last ten
years.
sure to
in the
which a pilot
is
vicinity of
board; from the Lightship
come on
the Pilot has no great difficulty in tatting
the vessel far enough up the river to sight the Beacon, a lofty tower on the shore below Moosungs
and the Beacon pafoed
Woasung
is soon
sighted inside Wassung
ab
Sha...
www.
shan, to the north, is a
very
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