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1564 PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 18, 1948 [62 STAT. corner on the left or east bank of Plum Island River bears N. 61°25' E., approximately 3.80 chs., distant; Thence N. 61025' E., in part crossing Plum Island River and in part on Plum Island approximately 10.41 chs., a standard concrete post No. 57; Thence S. 59044' E., 21.51 chs., to mean low water line of the Atlantic Ocean and on the east side of Plum Island, a point from which a 1" iron pipe set for a witness corner bears N. 59044 ' W ., 5.40 chs., distant; Thence Southeasterly along the mean low water line of the Atlantic Ocean on the east side of Plum Island with the meanders thereof 508.00 chs., to a point in the mean low water line of the Atlantic Ocean on the east side of Plum Island approximately 6.00 chs., Northwesterly of the southeast point of the island, from which a standard concrete post No. 58, set for a witness corner bears S. 85002' W., 5.57 chs., distant; Thence S. 85°02' W., on Plum Island 13.80 chs., to the edge of marsh and upland; Thence with five courses along the edge of marsh and upland with the meanders thereof, S. 47053' W., 8.780 chs., S. 36018 ' W., 2.791 chs., N. 82018' W., 8.72 chs., N. 59058' W., 14.810 chs., N. 70033 ' E ., 0.940 ch., in the center of ditch in the line between the marsh and upland; Thence N. 38° 44' W., with the center of a ditch, 12.95 chs., to the north end of the ditch in the edge of marsh and upland; Thence with two courses along the edge of marsh and upland with the meanders thereof, N. 14056' W., 5.95 chs., N. 15054' E., 1.056 chs., at the intersection of marsh and upland with the southerly edge of Stage Island; Thence Northwesterly in part with the southerly edge of Stage Island and in part with mean high water on the left or east bank of Plum Island Sound, approximately 27.00 chs., to the westerly edge of a pier; Thence approximately N. 5200' W., 50.00 chs., within Plum Island Sound to mean high water at the most southerly point on Middle Ground Island; Thence Northwesterly with mean high water of Plum Island Sound along the southerly and westerly shores of Middle Ground Island, approximately 54.00 chs., to mean high water of Plum Island Sound at the most westerly point near the north end, on Middle Ground Island; Thence N. 57° W., continuing in Plum Island Sound approximately 36.00 chs., to mean high water at the southern end of Hog Island Point at the mouth and on the left bank of Rowley River; Thence Northerly and Westerly in part with mean high water of Plum Island Sound and in part with mean high water on the right or south bank of Nelson Island Creek, with the meanders thereof approximately 96.00 chs., to a point at mean high water on the south or right bank of Nelson Island Creek, near the lower end of a small island; Thence N. 86043 ' W ., approximately 35.50 chs., N. 36-28' W., 29.00 chs., S. 78039' W., 6.70 chs., to the Place of Beginning.