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SA1USO DIRECTIONS
IV.sfA. bonnH t» ^ /ioa*or of Himoda from iti, .Southward and Vest,ard.should make f./dsu.from utnoh Jtod. JsUmd heart £\Fl£ dot, nits miles, and 11 the Headier is at all dear, the diatn of islands at the entrance of the tiulf of Tedo Hill at die same time be plain!,- risible
fteween ftoet Island and die main land there are „ number of rods awash and above Hater, ameme, width the dopanese junls free!, pass hut .-ship should not attempt a passage inside of Rock Island.unless m cose of urgent necessity.partiadarH- as the nonh-eosinfr ament, which sweetisalong this coast, semis to be at dus point capricious, bode in dirmion and celocity diving Rod- Island a berth of a mile, the harbor of Mmoda willb' in tilii \iew. bearing .Vy TV. distant .5 miles.
Vandaho muff, on the east side of the eifiranre. mar be recognised bv a grove of pine trees on the summit of the Huff and the village of .-iusaJ-wluh lies a ho,a one third of the wav between ii and , Thnmond _,\Diamond ts a sharp point making out to the eosinard of the entrance of 'the hrtrbor-
should the wind be rnom the northward and fresh a ,rssel should anchor at dir month of the harbor, mini it lulls or shuts, or min! she canoamnuentlv nstrp in. as u is usualIv /laws,- and always baffling. Approaching from the-northward and easnmrd.a vessel can pass an eithernde of dim-Sima, from the renter of which hope Diamond hears V by .1. distant about sfvenreen miles. Between Oho-Suna and simoda no dan-gers are known to exist, but the north-easterly current must be borne constantly m mind,particularly at night and in duck weather Its qenrrolsa engtb ts mom two to Three miles per hour, but as dus..as well as its direction , is much influenced by the local Hinds, headlands. islands krneither ran he rebed upon Should Oho- 'ima be obscured by thick weather, before reaching Cape Diamond, auleavor to sight Rock Island , for there areno irri eonsptatous objects on the mam land by which a stranger can recognise die harbor at a distance, and the shore appears as an unbro-ken line. To the Westward at'the harbor there are several sand beaches, and three or four sand hanks. These can be plainly discemcd. when withinsij- or fight niiffs atul orr good landmarks.
A vessel from die southward and eastward should pass to the westward of the island of Koru-Stma. wluch may be known bv a remarkable" n /ts western side There is also o white patch on its summit to the northward of the chff From this Island the hatbor hearsviivc. r d 'A ar " 26 mrf « There are but two hidden dangers in the harbor, the /ten is Southampton Rod . winch ties in nnd-dumnet.beating
. HT from Tanth, lit, Btutr. about 1 of the mar between a and Centre Island This rock is about 25 feet in diameter, and has two fathoms of wo ter 'upon tt.tr is marked by a white spar-buoy-The seco.nd is Supply Rock.beating S by V a short distance from Buis alto islet, and ts a sharp Rock, with1. wore, upon it. Its position is designated by a red spar-buoy. Bath of these buoys me securely moored .and the authorities of Sunodu have pmm-tsed.to replace them. should the, by sue .oust be removed to,ire Island which receives us name from being the point from which the Treaty limits oremeasured ts high conical and covered with nets A cove passes entirely through it _ In the outer mads, or mouth of the harbor, a disagreable swellis sometimes eepenenced hut inside of Somhampton Rork and Centre Island, vessels ore well sheltered and the wore,- comparatively smooth Moor withw»» r>pm hawse to the southward arid westward
There are good landings for boats in Simoda Creek and at the village-of Kakisaki A Bafbor Maste, and three Pilots hare been appointed woodwater, dsh.towls and egg ., also sweet potatoes and other vegetables may be proaired. from the authorities. It is necessary to supply them with casksto bring the watrr off. , ' -
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To make the toregofng directions mote easily comprehended. the, hare been rendered as conct.se as possible.but to furnish Bather informationu. navigators bound to. or pasting the port, the fallowing additional remarl s are appended The harbor of Simoda ,s near the southeastern extremityof the peninsula of Idsu. wluch terminates dt the rape of that name To the northward of the harbor a high ridge intersects die peninsula.andsotab of tilts all the to the rape it is broken by innumerable peaks of less elevation The horbor bears S Kb, W from rape Sagntm at the em-t-caiee of Tedo Ray distant about 15 miles Rork Island is about 120 feet higli.and a third of a mile m length.with precipitous shores and uneven out-lines. ft has .1 thtek matting of grass, weeds, moss Are. on the top From the summit of the island uverfolls were - ecu. beating XI W ehsuua a mile orn mile and a half 77 use may be caused by a mck or a reef An attempt was made to Held a but the setting current and th'e fresh wind prevented asulivfatTon- examlnahnn The Japanese nshennen. however deny the extstanoe of any such danger.
Should the buoy on oonihanipton Rock be removed. the easr end of Centre Island on.with the west -id of But sake), will dear the rock to the westward
Oft the Village of Sneak, and distant one third of a mile from the shorn is a ledge of rork a. upon winch the sun is always breaking, give themo berth of two rabies in passing '' •
Appnuuh imp from the eastward, the harbor will not open.until you get wet! mstde of Cape In.mumd To the northward ,rf Cape Immunol is the bavof Sirahamo which is guue deep, and ns tt has also several sand beaches, it may be mistaken for Simoda. bra qs von opproadi this bay Cape Via-Hi rui will shut in the Ucona Forks and Rod: Island to the south war ad. whilst m the Simoda roads they are ns able from all p,ams
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