This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...E. The least water, 18 feet, is a short distance S.E. of the buoy, and there are 4 and 4 fathoms between the shoal parts. The Dunstone Rock is a rocky patch of 19 feet lying W., 2 cables from Dunstone Point; there are 4 fathoms water all round it. The marks are, Charles' Church, Plymouth, in line with the W. side of Fisher's Nose, N. by E.; and the Obelisk on Mount Edgecumbe in one with the N. extreme of the fort on Drake's Island, N.W. by W. The Cobbler Shoal is the rocky ledge extending from Mount Batten, and its outer end is marked by a black buoy in 2 fathoms, with Devonport Monument on with the S.W. extreme of wall at Rusty Anchor, or W. Hoe Terrace Point, N.W. J W.; and Catdown tall chimney its own breadth open of the quay on Mount Batten Point, E. N.; between the buoy and the shore there are 15 feet, but at half a cable N.E. from the buoy there are only 6 feet. The Mallard is a rocky shoal 2 cables W. of Mount Batten and S. of the Citadel, and with the Cobbler lying directly at the entrance to the Catwater. The least water over it is 12 feet, and 5 and 6 fathoms around it. Its N.W. extreme is marked by a black buoy, in 7 fathoms, with Cawsand Coastguard houses just in sight over Redding Point, W. by S. f S.; and the Obelisk on Mount Edgecumbe in line with apex of house in Western King Fort, W.N.W. W. The Winter Shoal, the least water upon which is 12 feet, lies nearly midway-between Drake's Island and the Citadel Point. Between it and the Island there are not more than 4 fathoms at low water; eastward of the shoal there are 10 to IS fathoms. It is marked by three buoys, one on the N.W., striped red and white, in E. Channel. L 74 PLYMOUTH SOUND. 4 fathoms; one on the N.E., chequered red and white, in 5 fathoms; and on the 8., ...