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12 fathoms 20 fathoms 24 miles 9 fathoms anchorage bank berth Black Sea blow Bosphorus bottom cable's length cables called Cape St castle Cerigo Cerigotto channel Corfu cove danger Dardanelles deep water distant 4 miles east easterly winds eastern point eastern side eastward entrance fathoms water feet water Gulf Gulf of Smyrna half a mile harbour islets Kastelorizo Kerso Kertche larboard side latitude 36 lazaretto leagues lies lighthouse longitude lying Meganisi mile broad miles long miles wide mole mountains N. W. winds narrow nearly northerly northern northward pass passage Paxo Port reef ride River roadstead rock above water rocks under water rocky islets round S. W. point sail sand Santa Maura Sea of Marmara shallow sheltered ship shoal shore situated small vessels south-eastern south-eastward southern point southward Sphagia stands steep steep-to steer strait Tower town Village weather western westward
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Seite 207 - Lighthouse, an edifice the light of which is ninety-seven feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather may be seen as far as the light is visible above the horizon.
Seite 15 - The town is fortified with an entrenchment, salient angles, and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in width.
Seite 242 - The counter currents, or those which return beneath the surface of the water, are also very remarkable ; in some parts of the Archipelago they are sometimes so strong as to prevent the steering of the ship ; and, in one instance, on sinking the lead, when the sea was calm and clear, with shreds of buntin of various colours attached at every yard to the line, they pointed in different directions all round the compass.
Seite 186 - ... increased by the prevailing winds, which blow in the same direction with the current, for at least ten months out of the twelve.
Seite 242 - Cape and the small adjacent island wre found it one day almost three miles an hour The great body of water, as it moves to the westward, is intercepted by the western coast of the gulf of Adalia ; thus pent up and accumulated, it rushes with augmented violence towards Cape Khelidonia, where, diffusing itself in the open sea, it again becomes equalized.
Seite 147 - It is also observable that the change of wind is exactly what might have been expected; for Captain J. Stewart, RN observes, in his remarks on the Archipelago, that " it is always safe to anchor under the lee of an island with a northerly wind, as it dies away gradually, but it would be extremely dangerous with southerly winds, as they almost invariably shift to a violent northerly wind " (Purdy's Sailing directory, pt.
Seite 209 - This light may be seen, in clear weather, at the distance of 7 leagues.
Seite 216 - This cape, one of the highest in the Black sea, is bordered by reddish cliffs, and may be easily recognized by vessels coming from the Krimea, from which it is distant 140 miles. These two...
Seite 132 - W., to avoid the NE elbow of the shoal. The Albanian coast is all clear and bold to the southward of the light vessel ; but after getting abreast of her, you must not stand within two miles -of it, to keep clear of the Bacchante shoal. The Corfu side is then all clear, and you may stand well over towards it.
Seite 242 - From Syria to the Archipelago there is a constant current to the westward, slightly felt at sea, but very perceptible near the shore, along this part of which...