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Survey of Oyster Bars, Somerset County, Md. 



CRAB. 



Locality. — Upper end and western shore of Tangier Sound on eastern side of Bloodsworth Island 

 about 2 5/£ miles southeast of Sharkfin Shoal Light House and about halfway between Piney Island 

 Cove to north and Great Cove to south. (See Chart No. 5.) 



Observed station is about 15 yards from high -water mark to the northeast and about 35 yards 

 from the shore to the east. A small flat-roof crab house stands about 80 yards to the north-northeast 

 and another crab house about twice the distance in the same direction. 



Marks. — Observed station is center point of triangle on standard cement monument. 



References — ° ' " 



"Sharkfin Shoal Light" (N 45 25' E) 00 



Left end of large white house near Stump 



Point 6 



End of roof of white house on bluff 31 



End of Deal Island wharf 53 



Large white house near red roof one 72 



Aspen tree near "Joshua" 88 



Tall pine tree 165 



Near end of flat-roof shanty 288 



Flag pole on Brown's crab house 299 



00 00 i$/i miles. 



11 ._ lYz miles. 



36 .. 6% miles. 



03 sH miles. 



35 4X miles. 



06 ._ ^yi miles. 



00 40 \)/2 miles. 



32 ._ 80 yards. 



01 .. 150 yards. 



SHARKFIN SHOAL LIGHT. 



Locality. — Northern end of Tangier Sound about equally distant from entrances of Hooper Strait, 

 Fishing Bay, and Nanticoke River. (See Chart No. 5) 



Marks. — Observed station is center point of black lantern on hexagonal screw pile known as 

 "Sharkfin Shoal Light." 



References. — ° ' " 



"Great Shoals Light" (N 8i° 45' E) 00 00 00 similes. 



HEAD. 



Locality. — Upper end of Tangier Sound, on southern part of peninsula known as "Bishops Head," 

 situated between Hooper Strait and Fishing Bay. (See Chart No. 5.) 



Observed station is on eastern side marsh land about X mile north of extreme southerly end of 

 Bishops Head and about 15 yards east of two crab houses. It is about 15 yards southwest of high- 

 water mark, behind water bushes which skirt the shore. Cement monument marking reference station 

 is 13.41 meters west from observed station. 



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

 point of triangle on standard cement monument. 



References. — ° ' " 



"Sharkfin Shoal Light" (S 6o° 41' E) 00 



Crab-house flagstaff • 50 



Large pine 97 



Reference; station 139 



Near gable of 2X" s tory white house 140 



Chimney on white house 156 



Left side of crab house 166 



Right side of crab house 199 



Chimney on yellow house 208 28 ._ \yi miles. 



Chimney on end of white house 238 53 3 miles. 



Right side of Nanticoke Point woods 326 56 .. 7^ miles. 



00 00 2 X miles. 



30 2>/i miles. 



42 



55 



2 miles. 



40 13. 41 meters. 



__ X mile. 



_. ]4. mile. 



17. 31 meters. 



54 _. 16. 1 1 meters. 



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