HARBOR OF HAKODADI. 



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horse-slioe shape. And here, too, as at Simoda, a dangerous obstruction was timely discovered 

 and buoyed out, consisting of a long spit of shoal water, making out from the centre of the 

 town to an extent of about twelve himdred yards. The inner harbor is the southeastern arm of 

 the bay, and is completely sheltered, with regular soundings and excellent holding ground. 



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Uakodadi from the Bay. 



For expanslveness and safety from all winds it has not its superior in the world, with anchorage 

 of five to seven fathoms, and room to moor a hundred sail. The inner harbor is formed by a 

 bold peaked promontory standing well out from the high land of the main, with which it is 

 connected by a low sandy isthmus, giving it, consequently, in the distance, the appearance of an 

 island. It may be readily recognized by the navigator from the outline of the land, and, on 

 approaching from the eastward, after passing Cape Surro-kubo, or Cape Blunt, which forms a 

 conspicuous headland, twelve miles east by south from the town, the junks at anchor in the 

 liarbor will be visible over the low isthmus. 



To enter the harbor the navigator must, after rounding the promontory of Hakodadi, and 

 giving it a berth of a mile to avoid the calms under the headland, steer for the sharji peak of 

 Komaga-daki, bearing about north, until the east peak of the saddle, bearing about N.E. by 

 N., opens to the westward of the round knob on the side of tho mountain ; then haul up to the 

 northward and eastward, keeping them open until the centre of the sand hills on tlie isthmus, 

 which may be recognized by the dark knolls upon them, bears S.E. by E. f E. Tliis will clear 

 a spit which makes out from the western point of the town in a north-northwesterly direction, 



