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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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i Bar, Keep down this shore past the steam saw mill to the extreme pointnear the head of the dry bar from the shore on the left, then crossout towards the right shore below the mouth of Saline. Mouth of Saline River, When about two miles below the mouth of Saline, go in to theleft shore under a flat shone bar, keep close down the shore untilwithin half a mile of Casey ville, when you will find a small shonebar, then leave the left shore and work across the river in towardsthe opening between two rock bluffs on the right shore, oppositeCaseyville. Then ware off gradually in to the middle, and nearthe head of Trade Water Island (near the left shore opposite themouth of Trade Water river,) keep within stone-throw of theisland until 300 yards below its fool, then cross in to the point onthe right. Then ware slowly to the left, and make a long crossingin to the left shore, then keep down the left shore to the point orferry, then cross in to the right shore opposite the head oft 874 880 883
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68 MAP NO. 19.—OHIO RIVER. Cave-in-rock Island. Now you are along side of Tower rock, and about a mile and a halfabove is the cave. When opposite the cave ware off to the left grad-aally until within 200 yards of the left shore, then ware in graduallyto the rock shore on the right near one and a half miles below the cave.The above manner will avoid a new bar thrown up near the right shoreJust below the cave-in-rock : when opposite a false point on the right,where is wood sometimes kept, or opposite a small clearing on thepeak of the hill, and nearly down to the right hand bar, then cross overto the left shore against or rather under a false point on the left shoreabout three quarters of a mile above Hurricane Island, This is a very large island. - There is middling deep waterto the left of it, but is too full of logs. Therefore y«u mustgo to the right of it; keep down near the left shore until you are near-ly to a bunch of trees in an old clearing on the left; then go across theriv

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