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Title: The western pilot : containing charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico ; accompanied with directions for navigating the same, and a gazetteer ; or description of the towns on their banks, tributary streams, etc., also, a variety of matter interesting to travelers, and all concerned in the navigation of those rivers ; with a table of distances from town to town on all the above rivers
Year: 1847 (1840s)
Authors: Cumings, Samuel Ross, Charles Derek Klinefelter, John
Subjects: Inland navigation
Publisher: Cincinnati : George Conclin
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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e origin, it has already become a large village,with a great number of stores, lawyers, physicians, &c. 2 news-paper is printed here, and it is a place of much trade and business.A number of boats are always lying in the harbor, and a great quan-tity of cotton is shipped here. Steam boats regularly ply betweenthis place and New Orleans. The town is singularly situated on theshelving declivity of high hills, and the houses are scattered in groupson the terraces, it contains about 5000 houses 40,000 inhabitants. About two miles and a half below Vicksburgh, is a large bar on theleft. Channel to the right. Directions for Map No. 15.—Mississippi River.WARRENTON, on the left Keep to the left, round the right hand point, below Warrenton ; andat the left hand point, two or three miles further down, keep well overto the right, in the bend, round the bar of No. 104. Six miles furtherdown, keep well over to the left, t© avoid the bar at the point onthe right. 8731 10 8831 2i 10 8951 \ ! \
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112 MAP NO. 15—MISSISSIPPI RIVER. No. 106, or Palmyra Island. This island lies near the left shore. It is about two miles and a halflong. Channel well over to the right shore in the bend. CARTHAGE Landing, right side Second Palmyra Island.,.^ Channel to the right, in low water. There is another island almostadjoining the foot of this island, called the Third, or Lower Palmyraisland, which is larger than the Second. If you go to the left of theSecond Palmyra island, you must keep to the left of the Third. Ifyou go to the right of the Second, take the right of the Third of course. POINT PLEASANT, right side This is the first point on the right after you pass Palmyra islands. No. 110, or Big Black Island, Lies in the middle of the river about a mile below Point Pleasant.Channel, at low water, to the left; but the right is preferable at amiddling stage of water. A large bar makes up from the headlif No. 110. If you take the right, keep well towards the island,after 5ou have passed the b

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