Excerpt from Sailing Directions for the Great Lakes: And Connecting Waters The first edition, comprising four volumes, was prepared by Lieut. D. H. Mahan, United States Navy, assisted by Mr. James H. Reid, United States Navy, and Mr. R. C. Ray, United States Navy. The present edition has been revised and corrected to date, for the latest information, by Mr. R. C. Ray, United States Navy. In this edition it has been thought best to present in one volume complete sailing directions for the Great Lakes, leaving out the several articles of information useful to mariners. As this work is necessarily incomplete, the Office must depend upon the cooperation of those who dwell near the lakes, as well as those who navigate them, for prompt information concerning any errors or omissions, or the discovery of new dangers, and such cooperation is earnestly requested. The charts were prepared by Mr. G. W. Littlehales, in charge of the Division of Chart Construction of this Office, and printed under his direction. It must be remembered that many changes take place in the buoys, lights, and other parts described in this volume; consequently the volume has to be corrected for the Notices to Mariners for the Great Lakes, which are published monthly by the Hydrographic Office, and which contain the latest information obtainable from all sources. 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.