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1 The old theory with reference to the danger of lying off Mobile find expressions in the following passage of Blunts coast pilot(ed. 1841):‘hose off Mobile should recollect the necessity of getting an offing as soon as there are appearances of a gale on shore, either to weather the Balize or, which is better, to take in time the Road of Naso, as destruction is inevitable if you come to anchor out side Mobile Bar during the gale.’
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