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who are not well acquainted muft keep the lead 

 always going- 



From thence, going up the river, the courfe 

 lies ftill north-weft, for the fpace of four hundred 

 fathoms, having all along fifteen foot depth of 

 water and the fame bottom ; the anchoring ground 

 is every where good, and under cover from all but 

 the fouth and fouth-weft winds, which might, if 

 violent, caufe the veffels to drag their anchors, but 

 without any danger ; for they would run upon the 

 bar, which is likewife a foft mud i the courfe is 

 after this north-weft, and one quarter north-eaft, 

 for the fpace of five hundred fathoms. This is 

 properly the bar, having twelve foot water middle- 

 depth, but much incumbered with banks and fhoals; 

 on which account, great care muft be taken in 

 working a vefiel 5 this bar is two hundred and 

 fifty fathoms broad betwixt the low-lands on each 

 fide, which are covered with reeds. 



In the eaft channel, which is immediately above 

 the bar, the courfe is due Weft, for the fpace of a 

 league : this is two hundred and fifty fathoms in 

 breadth, and from four to fifteen in depth. Then 

 all of a fudden no bottom is to be found. On 

 taking the large channel after going over the bar, 

 the courfe is north- weft, for the fpace of three hun- 

 dred fathoms, where there is always forty-five 

 feet depth of water. You leave the channel of 

 Sanvole, on the right-hand, through which there is a 

 pafTage for fhallops to Biloxi, the courfe of which 

 is northerly : this channel had its name from 

 an officer whom M; d 9 Iberville, on his re- 

 turn to France, left commandant of the co- 

 lony. 



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