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line with Sharkfin Shoal Light. A barbwire fence runs 3 yards east of station. Cement monument 

 marking reference station is 9.64 meters east of observed station. 



Marks. — Observed station is nail in pine stub in center of a drain tile with top broken off below 

 surface. Reference station is center point of triangle on standard cement monument. 

 References. — ° ' " 



"Sharkfin Shoal Light" (N 45 58' W) 00 00 00 2% miles. 



Left of bushes 39 57 __ 20 yards. 



Left of Sandy Point woods 53 38 __ 4^ miles. 



Chimney of 2j/T-story white house trimmed 



with red 75 04 __ }4 miles. 



Chimney of unpainted house 85 



Chimney on end of red cottage trimmed 



white 99 



Reference station 123 



Pine tree 148 



Large square chimney on red house 152 



Right one of 5 large pines 184 



Half way between chimneys on store on 



Deal Island 213 08 _. ^ mile. 



Deal Island Church 217 00 __ \yi miles. 



Black gum tree.J 223 49 __ 6. 70 meters. 



Right end of Deal Island wharf 234 10 __ ^ mile. 



Hooper Straits Light 343 



49 _. 350 yards. 



00 .. X mile. 



40 40 9. 64 meters. 



37 30 .__ 2. 14 meters. 



49 _. 400 yards. 



40 .. 300 yards. 



34 ________ -jyi miles 



DEAL ISLAND CHURCH. 



Locality. — Deal Island on main road about )4, mile from the shore and about }4, mile south of 

 Laws Thoroughfare. (See Chart No. 5.) 



Marks. — Observed station is center of steeple on Deal Island Methodist Church. 

 References . — None necessary. 



BAR. 



Locality. — Eastern shore of Tangier Sound on western side of Deal Island, about 1 mile northwest 

 of entrance to Lower Thoroughfare and % mile south of Middle Creek. (See Charts Nos. 5 and 7.) 



Observed station is about 10 yards east of high-water mark on sand and grass land back of sandy 

 beach. The first of many tree stumps which are submerged at high water commence about 100 yards 

 to the north and cat-tails grow abundantly back of station. Cement monument marking reference 

 station is 6.09 meters east of observed station. 



Marks. — Observed station is a nail in pine stub flush with ground. Reference station is center 

 point of triangle on standard cement monument. 



References. — ° ' " 



"Sharkfin Shoal Light" (N 19 40' W) 00 



Tangent of Haines Point 27 



Flag pole on large building on Deal Island 



wharf 28 



Middle chimney of large gray building 37 



Chimney on white house 59 



Middle chimney on red roof white house 79 



Reference station 107 



Chimney on white house 118 



Chimney on dark gray house •_ 161 



Right chimney on white four-gabled house 



with red roof 176 39 __ \ 2 mile. 



00 



29 



45 

 4i 



00 \ l / 2 miles. 



__• 2^ miles. 



-_ 2 miles. 



__ 1 mile. 



54 _- 400 yards. 



51 _. yi mile. 



10 00 6. 09 meters. 



43 __ 400 yards. 



57 __ 300 yards. 



