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nothing to obstruct your beat-up to the anchorage. The 

 ground is every where good, and a person may select his own 

 berth. 



Rakovya Harbour, on the eastern side of Awatska Bay, 

 will afford good security to a vessel running in from sea with 

 a southerly gale, at which time she might find difficulty in 

 bringing up at the usual anchorage. In this case the Ra- 

 kovka shoal must be rounded and left to the northward ; five 

 and five and a half fathoms will close upon the edge of it, but 

 the water should not be shoaled under nine fathoms. 



The little harbour of Petropaulski is a convenient place for a 

 refit of any kind. In entering it is only necessary to guard 

 against a near approach to the signal-staff on the peninsula 

 on the west. The sandy point may be passed within a few 

 yards' distance. 



WeiirhinG: from the anchoracfe off the Peninsula flag-staff 

 with light winds and with the beginning of the ebb, it is ne- 

 cessary to guard against being swept down upon the Rakovya 

 shoal, and when past it upon the signal bluff on the same 

 side. There are strong eddies all over this bay; and when 

 the winds are light, ships often become unmanageable. It is 

 better to weigh with the last drain of the flood. 



Tareinski Harbour, at the S.W. angle of Awatska Bay, is 

 an excellent port, but it is not frequented. It has no danger, 

 and may safely be entered by a stranger. 



It is high water at Petropaulski at 3h. 30m. full and change. 

 Tide rises . . . 6ft. 7 inch, spring tides. 



2.2 neap tides. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



CALIFORNIA. 



The harbour of San Francisco, for the perfect security it 

 affords to vessels of any burthen, and the supplies of fresh 

 beef and vegetables, wood, and fresh water, may vie with any 

 port on the N. W. coast of America. It is not, however, with- 

 out its disadvantages, of which the difficulty of landing at low 



