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Magnolia, Mass.
1901
Aug. 16
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sailed out of the harbor and then turned
east past the light house on Eastern Point
the eastern boundary of the Harbor. A long
breakwater is being built from the end of
the Point west as further protection to the
Harbor. A buoy marks the extreme limit and
vessels pass outside this buoy which burns
with a pepetual light. The base is charged
with the gas or fluid and this is auto-
maticlly forced up, and the boys told me that
one changing lasts for some months. Not far Whistling Buoy
off the Light House we passed the Whistling
Buoy which is constantly uttering its mourn-
ful notes. A long tube runs down into
the water, open at each end, the end above
water provided with a whistle. As the
water partially fills the tube, at and the
air coming out at the upper end of the
tube makes the notes. The sea is rarely
so calm that there is no noise. The sands
succeed each other at intervals of a few seconds.
Passing on a little north east we saw the
two Thatcher Island Lights through the haze
and Emerson's Point to the west. This
point between Gloucester and Rockport was
as far as our position would allow us to see.
Bass Rocks with its Hotels and cliffs
were before us to the north west and Salt
Island, Milk Island & Long Beach were