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Title: The western pilot : containing charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico ; accompanied with directions for navigating the same, and a gazetteer ; or description of the towns on their banks, tributary streams, etc., also, a variety of matter interesting to travelers, and all concerned in the navigation of those rivers ; with a table of distances from town to town on all the above rivers
Year: 1847 (1840s)
Authors: Cumings, Samuel Ross, Charles Derek Klinefelter, John
Subjects: Inland navigation
Publisher: Cincinnati : George Conclin
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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side, and pass near tlie foot of the island, to avoida hard bar on the left below. Captina Creek, right side About a mile below the island. There is a large bar at its mouth;keep well towards the left shore past it, then incline towards themiddle. Fish Creek Island. Best channel to the left, and close to the island at its foot, to avoid alarge bar on the left, at the mouth of Fish creek. After you havepassed Fish creek bar, incline to the left. About one and a halfmiles below Fish creek, is a bar on the right, with a small willowisland on it, close to the right shore. Channel near the left shore. Directions for Map No. 4.—Ohio River.Sunfish Creek, right side When you approach Sunfish creek, keep to the left, to avoid the barat its mouth. Opossom Creek, on the right. Channel near the left shore, then turn short to the right, round its bar,and keep two-thirds of the river on your left, until you pass two largebars, one above, and the other below Proctors run, on the left. Froetera Sua
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Middle? 20 MAP NO. 4.—OHIO RIVER. Fishing Creek, left side. There is a large bar below the mouth of Fishing creek; channel tothe right, and near the right shore at first, then incline to the left,near its foot. Pedens Island. Channel right side,long reach. After passing Pedens island, you enter the Williamsons Island.. Channel to the right,clear the bar below. and close in with the right shore at its foot, to Pursleys Island. Channel right side, and near the right shore at its head ; incline to-wards its foot, to avoid a bar on the right, opposite. Wilsons Island Channel right side. Incline towards the head of the island, whenyou approach it, to avoid a rocky bar at the mouth of Mill creek, onthe right. Grandview Island. Sistersville, Virginia, on the left. From Grandview island keep near the middle of the river for thedistance of two miles, then bear in towards the right shore till within100 yards of it; now keep down about one mile, then bear out to themiddle of the river, then do

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