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Excerpt from Sailing Directions for the Gulf of Florida: The Bahama Banks and Islands, and the Adjacent Coast of Cuba, and Various Channels to New Providence; &C Note. - Throughout this Work the Bearings and Courses are according to the Magnetic Compass, except where they are otherwise expressed: and the Soundings are those taken at low water. An order, issued by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, states, that in order to prevent mistakes which frequently occur from the similarity of the words starboard and larboard - in future, the word Port is to be substituted for larboard in all H. M. ships or vessels. The North-West Coast Of Cuba. From Cape San Antonio To Havana And Ycacos Point. Variation Haifa Point East, The high lands of the Island of Cuba are in many places particularly marked. The principal lands which are thus remarkable, in regular succession, from west to east, are the high lands of Buenavista, the Cock's-comb, the Saddle hill to the westward of Bahia Honda, and the Dolphin's Head, or Pan de Cabanas, to the eastward of it; the Table of Mariel, the Maiden's Paps, to the southward of the Havana; the Iron Hills to the eastward of it; and the Pan of Matanzas to the south-west of Port Matanzas. The appearance of all these lands may be seen on the chart of the Gulf Passage, - published by the proprietor of this work - which these directions are intended to accompany. Having been favoured with the following remarks on the west end of Cuba, made by Mr. W. C. Middlemist, while master of H.M. ship, Isis, from their importance it has been considered, necessary to insert them here, although they embrace some points not comprised within the limits of om chart. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.