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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...of the shoal in 23 feet, sandy bottom, 4r7T miles S. 77 E. (S. 79 E. mag.) from Siete Pecados light. There is a 16-foot lump about mile east-northeastward from this buoy. No. 3, black can buoy, in 23 feet, sandy bottom, 1 miles S. 72 E. (S. 74 E. mag.) from Siete Pecados light. SIETE PECADOS are a cluster of small rocky islands covered with small trees and bushes, lying in mid-channel, west of Iguana Bank, between Panay and Guimaras Islands. The largest one is 50 feet above the sea and the average height of the others is about 40 feet. They are all steep with from 5 to 10 fathoms surrounding them. A recent survey shows only one shoal more than 100 yards outside of the area inclosed by the islands, and that is a rock about 600 yards southwest of the lighthouse and 220 yards south of the most southwesterly island, with a least depth of If feet. Except for this shoal a vessel may approach them within 150 yards with a least depth of 6 to 8 fathoms. The channel between the Siete Pecados and the coast of Panay is mile wide and 9 to 20 fathoms deep, and the channel between them and Guimaras is of the same width and 4 to 10 fathoms deep. Both are clear, but the northern one is preferable. From this position to Iloilo the course is clear. Light.--A white sixth-order light, flashing every second, with a red sector also flashing every second, showing between N. 76 W. and N. 51 W. in the direction of Iguana Bank, is exhibited from a white iron lighthouse extending above the keeper's white dwelling house near the middle of the largest and highest island of the group. The light illuminates the entire horizon, is elevated 85 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 16 miles. Currents.--The flood tide in Iloilo...