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NOTICES OF NINGPO.

THE Tabiah

River of Ningpo.

I river, or entrance to the Yungkiáng

I is entered by three passages, (formed by the islets called the Triangles in Thornton's old charts of 1703,) all of which are difficult.

The first danger in the southern channel is a rock which is cover- ed at half tide, lying N. 70° E., 2} cables from the summit of the eastern Triangle, or Tayew shan. If the Inner Triangle, or Passage island, is kept open of the south point of the outer one, this danger will be avoided.

Having passed the east point of the Outer Triangle, keep it and the Middle Triangle close on board, to avoid a sunken rock with 8 feet on it, which lies in mid-channel, and to the southward of the latter. When on the reef, a small island, 8 miles to the west of Chinhái is in line with the extreme of the high bluff land beyond it. Then steer to pass half a cable east of the Inner Triangle. Then steer for the foot of the Joss house hill at Chinhái, taking care that the tide does not set you over to the eastern shore, the water shoaling to 2 fathoms, five cables from that side.

The second passage, or that between the Middle and Inner Trian- gle, is perhaps the best of the three. A mud spit extends westerly from the Middle Triangle 14 cable, which will be avoided by keep- ing the joss house on the hill open of the west point of the Inner Triangle; pass as before a cable to the eastward of the latter, which must not be approached nearer than half, or receded from further than 1 cable.

The channel between the Inner Triangle and the Joss house point, has only 2 fathoms water; it is however the broadest and best for vessels of light draught. The only danger in it is the Tiger's tail reef, which lays rather more than I cable, N. 40' W., from the high- est part of the Inner Triangle. The marks for the Tiger's tail rocks are Hoowu tsiao, or the little peaked islet at the south end of the stakes, in line with River hill, and also the southeast foot of the Joes