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Marsh a hundred rods, and then northeast and keep 

 the lead going to Beaufort, N. C. From here you 

 can either sail through Bogue Sound, of which 

 there is no chart, or go directly to sea. As the land 

 trends westward, it makes a lee even from a north- 

 easter and is as safe as any outside sailing can be. 



There is a chart of Beaufort, N. C., which takes 

 you a few miles into Bogue Sound, but that is all. 

 South of Bogue Inlet, New Topsail Inlet is one of 

 the best, then Masonboro, and from either of these 

 a good wind will carry you past Cape Fear, the only 

 spot you have to dread and where you must manage 

 not to get caught. There is a good chart of Cape 

 Fear, but the rule of the local pilots is to follow the 

 eighteen-foot shoal down till you open Fort Caswell 

 by the main Light on Bald Head, and then steer 

 straight for the Fort, which will give you six feet of 

 water up to. the beach. But remember, there is 

 shoal water outside of you, and you must look out 

 for breakers. The next harbor is Little Eiver Inlet, 

 and then comes Winyah Bay, of which there is a 

 chart, and then Bull's Bay, of which also you can 

 get a chart. 



From Bull's Bay it is inside work and a slftftl, but 

 not a difficult passage, to Charleston Harbor. Of 

 this there is no chart yet printed, and it ought to be 

 run, if possible, in a tide which will help at both 

 ends by running up from Bull's Bay and down into 

 Charleston Harbor. You come out at the cove near 

 Fort Moultrie where it is well to stop, as Charleston 

 Harbor is a large place in rough weather for small 



