The navigator : containing directions for navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers ; with an ample account of these much admired waters, from the head of the former to the mouth of the latter ; and a concise description of their towns, villages, harbors, settlements, &c; with maps of the Ohio and Mississippi ; to which is added an appendix, containing an account of Louisiana, and of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, as discovered by the voyage under CaptsLewis and Clark . ends down a jnile ; ths foot of the bar is cov-ered with willows, having a lai-ge iaft of dinft w
The navigator : containing directions for navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers ; with an ample account of these much admired waters, from the head of the former to the mouth of the latter ; and a concise description of their towns, villages, harbors, settlements, &c; with maps of the Ohio and Mississippi ; to which is added an appendix, containing an account of Louisiana, and of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, as discovered by the voyage under CaptsLewis and Clark . ends down a jnile ; ths foot of the bar is cov-ered with willows, having a lai-ge iaft of dinft wood at their up-per point. When you tnke the right hand pass of 92, hug theright hand point to avoid being thiown on this bai Good landing just below the right hand point and oppositethe head of 92, also at the foot of the island. Good landing a-k)ng a handsome willow shore ou tlae left side betvveea Nos, 92and Island No. 93, S miles below 92, 6 513 Is in the middle of the river. At the head of this island twobai-s run out from each side of it Best channel in low waterleft side, and pretty near the left bank. If you take the rightpass, which is good in floods, ke?p near the right hand bank, a-voiding ths island in either ease as much as possible. At thefoot of 93 is a considerable eddy. No. 93 is about three mileslong. Here coinmences the Nine Mile Reach, Where you have a beautif! \-iew of the river. No. 94, Stack or Crows nest island, 6 milesbelow 93, 9 522 Q IS^Z NAVIGATOR. MAP NAVIGATOR. i^ His been sunk by the earthquake or swept off by the floods;hut just below where it stood, is a high sand bar, covered withyoung willows, and is about the middle of the river. This barmay grow into another Crows, but it is to be hoped, not into a-nother Rogues nest [t 2.] The liver here bears hard againstthe head of tlie bar, and also against the right hand bank—channel right side near to the island, thence di^aws towards theright hand shore. A creek empties in on the right si
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