25 feet above high-water springs, and in clear 
weather should be seen from a distance of 
11 miles. 
The illuminating apparatus is catoptric, 
or by reflectors. 
The light tower is 656 yards N W from 
the upper tower; it is 37 feet high, built of 
stone, square, and painted white. 
South bank or the river. 
Upper light. — A fixed red light visible 
through an arc of 15 degrees, from N by W 
4 W to N W by N, elevated 44 feet above 
high-water springs, and in clear weather 
should be seen from a distance of 9 miles. 
The illuminating apparatus is catoptric, 
or by reflectors. 
The tower is 44 feet high, is built of stone, 
square, and painted white, and its position 
is in lat. 45 56' 45" N, long. 1 3' 56 West. 
Lower lig'iit.—A fixed red light, also vi 
sible through an arc of 15 degrees in the same 
direction as the upper light, elevated 17 feet 
above high water, and in clear weather should 
be seen from a distance of 9 mites. 
The illuminating apparatus is catoptric, 
or by reflectors. 
The tower lies N N W | W, 536 yards 
from the upper light tower, is 23 feet high, 
built of stone square, and painted white. 
Note.—The light on file D’Aix in a line 
with the Upper light (red) on the north bank 
will lead 14 miles northward of the Rocher 
d’Antioche and will be useful in navigating 
the Pertius to and from the Rade file D’Aix. 
Directions.—Vessels entering the Cha 
rente in the night should keep the red and 
green light on the North bank in a line un 
til the two red lights on the .South bank arc 
in one: keeping the last-mentioned lights in 
line, will lead to the anchorage of the Port 
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