AGENCIES ON THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS FOR THE SALE OF THE
CHARTS, COAST PILOTS, AND TIDE TABLES OF THE UNITED
STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.

GENERAL OUTLINE OF ARRANGEMENT.

This volume includes Parts 1 and 2 of the United States Coast Pilot, each part being arranged on the same general plan. The order in which this part of the coast has been treated is:

PART I.

1. The Gulf of Maine as a whole; general description of the coast from the St. Croix River to Whitehead; tables of lighthouses, tides, storm warning display stations, life-saving stations, bearings and distances, and the variation of the compass from the St. Croix River to Cape Ann.

2. General remarks on approaching the coast from seaward and sailing directions offshore and inshore from Quoddy Head to Cape Ann.

3. The estuaries and ports from the St. Croix River to Whitehead, with sailing directions, in detail.

PART II.

1. General description of the coast from Whitehead to Cape Ann.

2. The estuaries and ports from Whitehead to Cape Ann, with sailing directions in detail.

The appendices and index for both parts are at the end of the volume.

The descriptive matter and general information is in small type and precedes in every case the sailing directions.

Sailing directions, in large type, are numbered in sections in the order they would be required in practice, and when given for more than one approach or channel a letter is added to the numeral, thus: "Sailing directions, Machias Bay. Sec. 1. Approaching and entering, from eastward." "Sec. 1 A. Approaching and entering, from westward."

Unless otherwise stated in the text, the directions in section 2 should be followed immediately after sections 1, 1 A, or 1 B.

Each section contains also remarks, in fine type, relating to the principal objects that will be seen, and other information that may be of assistance to the navigator in locating his position; also a short description of the dangers and aids marking them, that will be found while following the sailing directions.

In some localties where frequent changes of course are necessary the directions are, on that account, made more general, and include the remarks, the whole being in large type. The directions, in sections, along shore, through the inside passages, and entering the harbors are all numbered from eastward.