A, No. 3. A, No. 4. A. LIST OF SKETCHES ACCOMPANYING THIS REPORT. Sketch of progress, Section 1. A, No. 2. Nantucket shoals, re-engraved. Current Chart Boston harbor. Sketch of Holmes' Hole, showing proposed beacon. D, No. 2. Hatteras shoals. D, No. 3. Hatteras inlet. D, No. 4. Gulf Stream soundings. D, No. 5. Beaufort harbor. D, No. 6. Progress of survey of Cape Fear river and vicinity. Sketch of progress, Section 5. Sketch of progress, Savannah river. Sketch of progress, north and south Edisto and St. Helena sound. Savannah city. E, No. 5. Savannah entrance. E, No. 6. Bull's bay. E, No. 7. North Edisto. 9. Sketch of progress San Francisco. J, No. 10. Sketch of progress San Diego. J, No. 11. J, No. 12, K. Point Pinos view, incorporated into McArthur's chart. 13, 14. McArthur's chart, 4th edition. Mouth of the Columbia river, showing site of light-house, scale 200000 K, No. 2. Cape Hancock. K, No. 3. Mouth of the Columbia river, scale X. Plate showing the electrotype apparatus. 1 APPENDIX No. 1.. Distribution of the parties of the Coast Survey upon the coast of the United States, during the surveying seasons, in the different parts of the coast, from November, 1850, to November, 1851. Localities of the several operations. 1 Primary triangulation and astronomical and magnetic observations. Magnetic observations 4 A. D. Bache, superintendent; Lieut. J. E. Hilgard, assistant C. O. Boutelle, assistant; Brevet Secondary triangulation - Captain T. J. Cram, United States Mount Pleasant, Maine, occupied for geodetic and Saco, Kennebunk, and Portland harbors. Sub-section from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Reconnaissance for secondary triangulation, Casco South and east shores of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, Chatham and vicinity, and Wellfleet, Cape Cod, II 9 A Lieutenant Commanding Maxwell Newburyport harbor, Massachusetts; approaches assistant. Woodhull, United States navy, to Portsmouth harbor, New Hampshire; Chat- Brevet Major I. I. Stevens, corps Inspection of progress of certain parties during Brevet Captain G. W. Lay, United During part of season. States army, assistant. Edmund Blunt, assistant; Lieuten- Henry L. Whiting, assistant A. D. Bache, superintendent; Geo. Edmund Blunt, assistant, and Lieut. Sears C. Walker, assistant Brevet Major Henry Prince, U. S. army, assistant Hudson river, from limits of former work. (Part Re-survey of Sandy Hook to determine its changes. Survey for ranges for Flynn's Knoll and Swash Verification on south side Long Island, from Nea- Off-shore work and tides and currents, between Minute survey of Way's reef, Pot Rock, &c., at Observations of latitude and azimuth at Causten's Continuation of triangulation of Chesapeake, and Longitude observations at Seaton station. Point Judith to Cape Hen- III Cape Henlopen to Cape 8 Topography Topography Topography 9 Hydrography 10 Hydrography IV Cape Henry to Cape Fear, 1 Reconnaissance J. B. Glück, assistant George D. Wise, assistant, and J. M. Wampler, sub-assistant, and Astronomical observat'ns L. F. Pourtales, assistant Verification work on Patapsco river and eastern Same work during part of season. (See also Sec- Inspection of work on Patapsco. Outer coast, from Lonesome Hill, Maryland, to Currituck sound, nearly to the Virginia line. From Cape Hatteras (N. C.) south to Ocracoke inlet. Beaufort Harbor (N. C.) and approaches, &c. (Part of season; see also Section I.) |