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entrance to the Sound, for a distance of above 3000 

 feet, into deep water ; another was, to construct a pier 

 several thousand feet long, from Staddon Point to the 

 Panther rock ; and a third contemplated a still more 



MAP OF PLYMOUTH SOUND. [Ordnance Survey.] 



extensive pier, of above 8000 feet in length, extending 

 westward into deep water, from the south-eastern en- 

 trance to the Sound. While the question was under 

 discussion, the Lords of the Admiralty called upon 



