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the Nántii Wústrán pagoda, bearing S. 82° W. By keeping Taepan 大磐。

or Weitsz' sú Point open to the eastward of Tsing seu 靑嶼

island, (which it will be when bearing N. 55° W.,) it will be avoided. The channel between the rocks and Wú-seu shán island is five cables wide, with deep water, but dangerous for ships in consequence of the chowchow water. The passage to the northward and westward of Wú-seu shán is dangerous, being strewed with rocks.

Wú-seu island is 1.2 cables long, and in the centre a cables length broad. The northeast and southeast faces of this island are steep cliffs; on the east side is a sandy bay, and on the west three, with two batteries. On its summit (which is about 300 feet high) are three chimneys intended for night signals. There is a large village on the west side of it.

Wü-án. To the westward of Wu-seu shán, half a mile, is the island of Wú-án, which is five cables long, it is barren and without inha- bitants. Between the two are three small islets, with reefs lying off them. Shelter from easterly winds, with a depth of from four to six fathoms, might be found here'; but vessels had better not pass to the westward of Wú-séu shán, until more soundings have been obtained; the number of detached reefs in this neighborhood, making it probable that many sunken rocks will be found.

South from Wú-seu shán Island 1.1 mile; is another half-tide reef, which lies seven cables from the main.

North 32° E. from Wú-án island, lie two patches which are cover- ed at high water, and between it and the main are several islets and half-tide rocks.

North 40° W. from Wú-si shán island is Tsing seu ; midway be- tween the two is a cliff islet, (Jihsii,) northwest of which two cables, and S.S.W. one cable; are reefs which are dry at low water.

The entrance to the harbor lies between Tsing seu and a small island north of it, 60 feet high, called by the Chinese Chih seu (or Yi sii) The shores of both islands facing the passage are steep to, but one or two rocks lie one cable southerly from Chih seu. Off Chungpat siaou, which is the rocky islet immediately to the northeast of it, lie two half tide rocks, three to four cables' distant, to avoid which, when standing to the eastward, and within half a mile of Chih seu, keep the west tangent of that island open of the eastern extreme of Wú-seu shán.

N. E. by E. from Chih-seu are four islands; the two nearest Tao-s48