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Channel, from whence they appear over some 

 flat ground, which scarcely shows above the 

 land to the south-west of it ; they lie to the 

 eastward of a ridge of hills with several wind- 

 mills, five of which are close together, then two, 

 and just to the eastward of the latter the Paps 

 will be found. ' When seen to the northward 

 of San Julian, or to the southward of the Bugio, 

 they show like two small hummocks, but when 

 in a line with either of the turning marks, or 

 with the leading mark, they appear as a single 

 hummock with a flat top.' 



" The Mirante or Turret of Caxias, is a small 

 white building formed of two octagonal turrets, 

 with red cupolas, on a hill nearly 3 miles E. by 

 N. of San Julian Fort, and is used as the northern 

 turning mark for the South Channel when in 

 one with the Paps, bearing about E. by N.JN. 



" Jacob's Ladder is a range of black masonry 

 or stone wall that supports the cliff, and is not 

 easily distinguished, but there is a stone wall 

 resembling an aqueduct to the eastward of it, 

 and another to the westward. Jacob's Ladder is 



